lid

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lid /lɪd/ S3 noun

cover 盖子 [countableC]DCOVER a cover for the open part of a pot, box, or other container 〔容器的〕盖子

dustbin/saucepan etc lid

the name on the coffin lid

棺盖上的姓名

lid of

He carefully lifted the lid of the box.

他小心翼翼地打开盒盖。

→ top1(4) →4 See picture of 见图 lid →4 See picture on 见图 Page A5 Where to eat 吃东西的地方 →5 see picture at 见图 pan1

2. eye 眼睛 [countableC]HBH an eyelid 眼睑

3 keep a/the lid on something CONTROLto control a situation very carefully, especially so that it does not cause problems 严密控制某事；看紧某事

keeping the lid on inflation

控制通货膨胀

Kline keeps a very tight lid on his private life.

克兰把他的私生活隐藏得很严实。

Examples from the Corpus

keep a/the lid on something• Additionally, falling prices for key commodities, like copper, are keeping a lid on most manufacturing costs.• Unlike Anthony, Geoffrey could keep a lid on his temper.• In the meantime, Father Glynn hoped that Jim Maier could keep a lid on the place.• Support the possibility of keeping a lid on tax increases.• All this will combine to keep the lid on prices.• Up with the lark and wanting to get out of town, I have to keep the lid on my impatience.• A flurry of fists and boots followed as local referee Ignacio Silva struggled to keep the lid on.• He apparently hoped this would keep the lid on the operation.

4 put a/the lid on something informalSPOIL to do something that finally stops something or ruins or ends someone’s plans or hopes 结束某事；使计划[希望]落空

Let’s put a lid on all these rumours.

让我们来粉碎这一切谣言吧。

Examples from the Corpus

put a/the lid on something• He had left the Phillips screwdriver in the spare room after we'd put the lid on.• If it passes, the measure would be the first time that an Arizona community has put a lid on building permits.• His new responsibilities have put the lid on this.• He put the lid on the pan and picked up his wine glass and drank before saying anything else.• Alan and I put the lid on the coffin and screwed it down.

5 take the lid off something (also lift the lid on something)SHOW/LET somebody SEE something to let people know the true facts about a bad or shocking situation 揭开某事的真相

a documentary that takes the lid off the world of organized crime

揭开有组织犯罪真相的纪录片

Examples from the Corpus

take the lid off something• Tilda, unabashed, was out in the pantry, helping the ward orderlies take the lids off the supper trays.• Significantly others have reacted with ambivalence: That exercise on support really took the lid off things in our school.

Examples from the Corpus

lid• Rather, Sanders said, police officers use the curfew to help keep a lid on crime in troubled areas.• When my father threw in the first handful of dirt, I heard the pebbles dance on the coffin lid.• Though requiring no cable, the third model still had 10 radio-controlled movements for eyes, lids and hands.• His eyes brimmed and his lids went red.• Replace lid and shake well, then mix in the chives.• a saucepan lid• He undid the three locks and swung back the lid.• Up with the lark and wanting to get out of town, I have to keep the lid on my impatience.• Sam lifted the lid of his desk and took out a calculator.• Where's the lid for this jar?• You can often see the eyes move under the lids.• Annie, do you know where the lid for the garbage can is?

dustbin/saucepan etc lid• Melissa heard the sounds of a dustbin lid being replaced and the running of a tap as Eleanor washed her hands.• We had been wakened as on my first morning by the hideous 6 a.m. clattering of dustbin lids.• Next morning the din from the dustbin lids had hardly subsided when the grim realization drove into my brain.

Origin lid

Old English hlid

lid noun

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