lift

• vt.持ち上げる；上昇させる；鼓舞する；空輸する；コピーする
• 散る；上昇する；そびえ立つ
• n. 吊り上げる；巻き上げる；クレーン；乗る

原語ゲルマン語 *luftuz「空気、空」、語源的には loft から。おそらく PIE *legwh「光、リフト」、語源的には leaf「光」からさらに。

lift

lift: see loft

lift (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.

1. I gave her a lift back out to her house.

私は彼女を私の便乗で家に帰らせた。

2.The lift started off,juddereed,and went out of action.

エレベーターが動き出し、激しく震えてから反応がなくなった。

3.A bit of exercise will help lift his spirits.

少しのスポーツトレーニングは彼の気持ちを改善するのに役立ちます。

4.Can you just lift the table for a second？

テーブルを上げてくれませんか。

5.He led the way to the lift .Fox played along,following him.

彼はエレベーターに向かって歩いて行ったが、フォックスはそれに続くしかなかった。