n. 举起, 帮助, 昂扬, 电梯

vt. 升高, 提高, 鼓舞, 清偿, 空运, 举起, 剽窃

vi. 升起, 消散, 耸立

[化] 扬程

[医] 抬高, 负

Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), n. [AS. lyft air. See {Loft}.]
The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament. [Obs. or Scot.]


Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lifted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Lifting}.] [Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw.
lyfta to lift, Dan. l["o]fte, G. l["u]ften; -- prop., to
raise into the air. See {Loft}, and cf. 1st {Lift}.]
1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to
raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a
higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support
or holding in the higher place; -- said of material
things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair
or a burden.

2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition,
estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up.

The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. --Addison.

Lest, being lifted up with pride. --1 Tim. iii.
6.

3. To bear; to support. [Obs.] --Spenser.

4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise.

5. [Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief,
hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. kle`ptein. Cf.
{Shoplifter}.] To steal; to carry off by theft (esp.
cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle.

Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted.

He ne'er lift up his hand but conquered. --Shak.

{To lift up}, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures,
specifically, to elevate upon the cross. --John viii. 28.

{To lift up the eyes}. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in
prayer. --Ps. cxxi. 1.

{To lift up the feet}, to come speedily to one's relief.
--Ps. lxxiv. 3.

{To lift up the hand}.
(a) To take an oath. --Gen. xiv. 22.
(b) To pray. --Ps. xxviii. 2.
(c) To engage in duty. --Heb. xii. 12.

{To lift up the hand against}, to rebel against; to assault;
to attack; to injure; to oppress. --Job xxxi. 21.

{To lift up one's head}, to cause one to be exalted or to
rejoice. --Gen. xl. 13. --Luke xxi. 28.

{To lift up the heel against}, to treat with insolence or
unkindness. --John xiii.18.

{To lift up the voice}, to cry aloud; to call out. --Gen.
xxi. 16.


Lift \Lift\ (l[i^]ft), v. i.
1. To try to raise something; to exert the strength for
raising or bearing.

Strained by lifting at a weight too heavy. --Locke.

2. To rise; to become or appear raised or elevated; as, the
fog lifts; the land lifts to a ship approaching it.

3. [See {Lift}, v. t., 5.] To steal; also, to live by theft.
--Spenser.


Lift \Lift\, n.
1. Act of lifting; also, that which is lifted.

2. The space or distance through which anything is lifted;
as, a long lift. --Bacon.

3. Help; assistance, as by lifting. Hence: A ride in a
vehicle, given by the vehicle's owner to another person as
a favor -- usually in ``give a lift'' or ``got a lift'';
as, to give one a lift in a wagon; Jack gave me a lift
into town. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster +PJC]

The goat gives the fox a lift. --L'Estrange.

4. That by means of which a person or thing lifts or is
lifted; as:
(a) A hoisting machine; an elevator; a dumb waiter.
[Chiefly Brit.]
(b) An exercising machine.

5. A rise; a degree of elevation; as, the lift of a lock in
canals.

6. A lift gate. See {Lift gate}, below. [Prov. Eng.]

7. (Naut.) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity
of a yard below; -- used for raising or supporting the end
of the yard.

8. (Mach.) One of the steps of a cone pulley.

9. (Shoemaking) A layer of leather in the heel.

10. (Horology) That portion of the vibration of a balance
during which the impulse is given. --Saunier.

11. A brightening of the spirits; encouragement; as, the
campaign workers got a lift from the President's
endorsement.
[PJC]

{Dead lift}. See under {Dead}. --Swift.

{Lift bridge}, a kind of drawbridge, the movable part of
which is lifted, instead of being drawn aside.

{Lift gate}, a gate that is opened by lifting.

{Lift hammer}. See {Tilt hammer}.

{Lift lock}, a canal lock.

{Lift pump}, a lifting pump.

{Lift tenter} (Windmills), a governor for regulating the
speed by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action
of grinding machinery according to the speed.

{Lift wall} (Canal Lock), the cross wall at the head of the
lock.

Elevator \El"e*va`tor\, n. [L., one who raises up, a deliverer:
cf. F. ['e]l['e]vateur.]
1. One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything.

2. A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain
with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain
to an upper loft for storage.

3. A cage or platform (called an elevator car) and the
hoisting machinery in a hotel, warehouse, mine, etc., for
conveying persons, goods, etc., to or from different
floors or levels; -- called in England a {lift}; the cage
or platform itself.

4. A building for elevating, storing, and discharging, grain.

5. (Anat.) A muscle which serves to raise a part of the body,
as the leg or the eye.

6. (Surg.) An instrument for raising a depressed portion of a
bone.

7. (A["e]ronautics) A movable plane or group of planes used
to control the altitude or fore-and-aft poise or
inclination of an airship or flying machine.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Elevator head}, {Elevator leg}, & {Elevator boot}, the boxes
in which the upper pulley, belt, and lower pulley,
respectively, run in a grain elevator. ※

{Elevator shoes}, shoes having unusually thick soles and
heels, designed to make a person appear taller than he or
she actually is. [PJC]