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 hlie "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.
例文
1. As we drew near，I saw that the boot lid was up.
私たちが近づいてきたとき、車のトランクの蓋が反っているのを見た。
2.The lid ，turned upside down，served as a coffee table.
その蓋はひっくり返されてコーヒーテーブルにされている。
3.The soldiers 'presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence.
兵士の存在が暴力活動を抑制しているようだ。
4.Prying off the plastic lid ，she took out a small scoop.
彼女はプラスチックの蓋を開けて、小さじを取り出した。
5.Cooking with the lid on gives the food that distinctive smoky flavour.