English Dictionary

lift

/lɪft/

noun

An act of lifting or raising. / The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

He used all his strength to lift the heavy box.

意味（1）

An act of lifting or raising.

意味（2）

The act of transporting someone in a vehicle; a ride; a trip.

Accordingly, in spite of many grumbles and remonstrances from Summerlee, I ordered an additional tube, which was placed with the other in his motor-car, for he had offered me a lift to Victoria.

意味（3）

(UK, Australia, New Zealand) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building; an elevator.

Take the lift to the fourth floor.

意味（4）

An upward force, such as the force that keeps aircraft aloft.

意味（5）

(measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.

意味（6）

(historical slang) A thief.

The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person.

意味（7）

(dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.

意味（8）

Permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically.

意味（9）

An improvement in mood.

Just to think he had both a mistress and a wife gave him a lift. He needed a lift, for although he'd had promotion, his wasn't an exciting job.

意味（10）

The amount or weight to be lifted.

What's the maximum lift of this crane?

意味（11）

The space or distance through which anything is lifted.

意味（12）

A rise; a degree of elevation.

the lift of a lock in canals

意味（13）

A liftgate.

意味（14）

(nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.

意味（15）

(engineering) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

意味（16）

(shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel of a shoe.

意味（17）

(horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance during which the impulse is given.

some measure the total lift and others only the lift on one side , a quantity which is not exactly half of the total lift