lid: [OE] The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of lid was *khlitham, which also produced Dutch lid and the -lid of German augenlid ‘eyelid’. It comes ultimately from the Indo-European base *kli- ‘cover, shut’.
lid (n.)
mid-13c., from Old English hlid "lid, cover, opening, gate," from Proto-Germanic *khlithan (cognates: Old Norse hlið "gate, gap," Swedish lid "gate," Old French hlid, Middle Dutch lit, Dutch lid, Old High German hlit "lid, cover"), from PIE root *klei- "to lean" (see lean (v.)), with here perhaps the sense of "that which bends over." Meaning "eyelid" is from early 13c. Slang sense of "hat, cap" is attested from 1896. Slang phrase put a lid on "clamp down on, silence, end" is from 1906.
双语例句
1. As we drew near, I saw that the boot lid was up.
我们靠近时,我看见汽车行李箱的盖子翘了起来.
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2. The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table.
那个盖子被翻过来当作咖啡桌。
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3. The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
士兵的存在似乎抑制住了暴力活动。
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4. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
她揭开塑料盖，拿出了一个小勺。
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5. Cooking with the lid on gives the food that distinctive smoky flavour.
