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Lift Meaning Part Origin Source German Act 1348.Lift

正面 1348.lift
英 [lɪft]美 [lɪft]

背面
释义:
vt. 举起;提升;鼓舞;空运;抄袭vi. 消散;升起;耸立n. 电梯;举起;起重机;搭车
例句:
1. I gave her a lift back out to her house.我让她搭我的便车回家。

1、prin- + cip- + -le(diminutive).2、字面含义:that takes first. => first part, origin, source, beginning; rule of conduct, axiom.3、原:first part, origin, source, beginning.4、由此,引申为:原理,原则;主义,道义;本质,本义;根源,源泉。
lift 举起来自Proto-Germanic*luftuz,空气,天空,词源同loft.可能进一步来自PIE*legwh,轻的,举起,词源同lever,light.
liftlift: see loftlift (v.)c. 1200, from Old Norse lypta "to raise," from Proto-Germanic *luftijan (cognates: Middle Low German lüchten, Dutch lichten, German lüften "to lift;" Old English lyft "heaven, air," see loft). The meaning "steal" (as in shop-lift) is first recorded 1520s. Related: Lifted; lifting.lift (n.)late 15c., "act of lifting," from lift (v.). Meaning "act of helping" is 1630s; that of "cheering influence" is from 1861. Sense of "elevator" is from 1851; that of "upward force of an aircraft" is from 1902. Meaning "help given to a pedestrian by taking him into a vehicle" is from 1712."

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