lid
n. (容器的)蓋(子); 限制; 眼皮
A lid is the top of a box or other container which can be removed or raised when you want to open the container.
Your lids are the pieces of skin which cover your eyes when you close them.
A dull pain began to throb behind his lids.
他的眼皮後面開始隱隱作痛地抽動。
If you say that someone is keeping the lid on an activity or a piece of information, you mean that they are restricting the activity or are keeping the information secret.
The soldiers' presence seemed to keep a lid on the violence...
士兵的存在似乎抑制住了暴力活動。
Their finance ministry is still trying to put a lid on the long-simmering securities scandal.
他們的財政部仍在試圖遮掩一觸即發的證券醜聞。
If you say that you want to keep a lid on the cost of doing something, you mean that you want to prevent it costing you more than you feel is reasonable.
If our industry is to remain competitive it must mean keeping a lid on prices.
我們的行業要想保持競爭力,就必須對價格加以控制。
1. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye;
2. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening of a container
3. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
keep a (或the) lid on
(非正式)剋制(情感);控制(事態)
put a (或the) lid on
(非正式)中止…,結束…
take (或lift) the lid off (或lift the lid on)
(非正式)揭露…的真相
He lifted off the lid of the pot.
他揭開鍋蓋.
Tap the lid down carefully so as not to break the contents.
要把蓋子輕輕地敲下去,免得把裡面的東西打碎.
Put the lid on the garbage can.
把蓋子蓋在垃圾筒上.
I put the lid on the pot, but the water is boiling so fiercely that it won't stick on.
我把壺蓋蓋上了, 可水沸騰得太猛,蓋不住.
The coffin lid had been screwed down.
棺材蓋已經蓋緊了.