单词 | lid |
释义 | lid 1.(cover)+of pan, box盖;盖子 The storage jars have airtight rubber-sealed lids.储存罐有橡胶密封的盖子。 to open/lift the lid打开盖子 He opened the lid of the box and looked inside.他打开箱子盖朝里看了看。 2.(eyelid)眼皮;眼睑 She looked round from under half-closed lids.她眯着眼朝四处看了看。 A dull pain began to throb behind his lids.他的眼皮后面开始隐隐地抽痛。 3.<美,俚>(amount of marijuana)一盎司大麻 4.to dip your lid<澳,非正式>脱帽致意;脱帽问候 5.to flip your lid<俚>大怒;怒气冲天 6.to keep the lid on sth<非正式>限制…;控制…;防止… It would be up to the Bank of England to keep the lid on inflation.控制通货膨胀是英格兰银行的责任。 The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.士兵的出现似乎使暴力场面得到了控制。 I was trying to keep a lid on my emotions.我在努力控制自己的感情。 7.to lift the lid off sthorto take the lid off sth<非正式>揭露…;揭发… Mary Flanagan first took the lid off female misbehaviour in her short story collection Bad Girls.玛丽•弗拉纳根首次在她的短篇小说集《坏女孩》中披露了女性的不端行为。 8.to put a/the lid on sth<非正式>控制…的发展;阻止…的发展 Their finance ministry is still trying to put a lid on the securities scandal.他们的财政部仍然在试图阻止证券丑闻的蔓延。 My government immediately put a lid on the whole affair.我的政府立即采取措施控制了整个局面。 |
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