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lifting 音标拼音: [l'ɪftɪŋ] adj. 上升的 上升的 Lift \ Lift\ ( l[ i^] ft), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Lifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Lifting}.] [ Icel. lypta, fr. lopt air; akin to Sw. lyfta to lift, Dan. l[" o] fte, G. l[" u] ften; -- prop., to raise into the air. See { Loft}, and cf. 1st { Lift}.] 1. To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To raise, elevate, exalt, improve, in rank, condition, estimation, character, etc.; -- often with up. [ 1913 Webster] The Roman virtues lift up mortal man. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Lest, being lifted up with pride. -- 1 Tim. iii. 6. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To bear; to support. [ Obs.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To collect, as moneys due; to raise. [ 1913 Webster] 5. [ Perh. a different word, and akin to Goth. hliftus thief, hlifan to steal, L. clepere, Gr. kle` ptein. Cf. { Shoplifter}.] To steal; to carry off by theft ( esp. cattle); as, to lift a drove of cattle. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In old writers, lift is sometimes used for lifted. [ 1913 Webster] He ne' er lift up his hand but conquered. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] { To lift up}, to raise or elevate; in the Scriptures, specifically, to elevate upon the cross. -- John viii. 28. { To lift up the eyes}. To look up; to raise the eyes, as in prayer. -- Ps. cxxi. 1. { To lift up the feet}, to come speedily to one' s relief. -- Ps. lxxiv. 3. { To lift up the hand}. ( a) To take an oath. -- Gen. xiv. 22. ( b) To pray. -- Ps. xxviii. 2. ( c) To engage in duty. -- Heb. xii. 12. { To lift up the hand against}, to rebel against; to assault; to attack; to injure; to oppress. -- Job xxxi. 21. { To lift up one' s head}, to cause one to be exalted or to rejoice. -- Gen. xl. 13. -- Luke xxi. 28. { To lift up the heel against}, to treat with insolence or unkindness. -- John xiii. 18. { To lift up the voice}, to cry aloud; to call out. -- Gen. xxi. 16. [ 1913 Webster]
Lifting \ Lift" ing\, a. Used in, or for, or by, lifting. [ 1913 Webster] { Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge. { Lifting jack}. See 2d { Jack}, 5. { Lifting machine}. See { Health lift}, under { Health}. { Lifting pump}. ( Mach.) ( a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a high level. ( b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump, or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump. { Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines of river steamboats. { Lifting sail} ( Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel' s bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails. [ 1913 Webster]
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