lid
/lɪd/noun
1- a removable or hinged cover for the top of a container盖子：
a large frying pan with a lid
有盖的平底大煎锅
a dustbin lid.
垃圾箱的盖子。
1.1
- （常作 lids）an eyelid眼皮：
eyes now hooded beneath heavy lids.
此刻被沉沉下垂的眼皮遮住了的双眼。
1.2
- the top crust of a pie馅饼的硬皮。
1.3
- Botany the operculum of a moss capsule【植】蒴盖。
1.4
- informal a hat, especially a motorcyclist's crash helmet〈非正式〉帽子, （尤指摩托车驾驶者戴的）防撞头盔。
短语
keep a （或 the） lid on
1
- informal keep (an emotion or process) from going out of control〈非正式〉克制（情感）; 控制（事态）：
she was no longer able to keep the lid on her simmering anger.
她再也无法克制住满腔的怒气了。
1.1
- keep secret保密：
she keeps a very tight lid on her own private life.
她对自己的私生活守口如瓶。
put a（或 the）lid on
- informal put a stop to or be the culmination of〈非正式〉中止…, 结束…：
it's time to put the lid on all the talk.
到了该结束所有这些谈话的时候了。
take（或 lift） the lid off（或 lift the lid on）
- informal reveal unwelcome secrets about〈非正式〉透露（或揭露）丑事（或坏事、骇人听闻的事）。
派生词
lidded
adjectivelidless
adjective词源
Old English hlid, of Germanic origin， from a base meaning 'cover'; related to Dutch lid.