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.
雙語例句
1. As we drew near, I saw that the boot lid was up.
我們靠近時,我看見汽車行李箱的蓋子翹了起來.
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2. The lid, turned upside down, served as a coffee table.
那個蓋子被翻過來當作咖啡桌。
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3. The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
士兵的存在似乎抑製住了暴力活動。
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4. Prying off the plastic lid, she took out a small scoop.
她揭開塑料蓋，拿出了一個小勺。
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5. Cooking with the lid on gives the food that distinctive smoky flavour.