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1 ♦ lift
♦ lift /lɪft/n.1 sollevamento; spinta: One more lift!, un'altra spinta!5 (autom.) passaggio; strappo (pop.): to give sb. a lift, dare un passaggio a q.; DIALOGO → - Going on holiday 1- I wanted to ask you if you could give me a lift to the airport, volevo chiederti se puoi darmi un passaggio all'aeroporto; Want a lift?, vuoi un passaggio?; to hitch a lift, farsi dare un passaggio NOTA D'USO: - passage o lift?-6 (fis.) sostentazione; (aeron., = aerodynamic lift) portanza, spinta aerostatica: (aeron.) jet lift, sostentazione a getto; gettosostentazione8 (fig.) sollievo; conforto: Hearing from him gave me a real lift, è stato per me un grande sollievo avere sue notizie10 (autom., mecc.) ponte elevatore; ponte (fam.)11 (naut.) amantiglio, mantiglio19 (fam.) cosa copiata; plagio● (tecn.) lift arm, braccio di sollevamento ( di una pala meccanica, ecc.) □ lift bridge, ponte sollevabile □ lift engineer, installatore di ascensori □ (aeron.) lift fan, ventola di sostentamento ( per decollo verticale) □ lift shaft, pozzo dell'ascensore □ (mecc.) lift truck, carrello elevatore □ (trasp.) lift van, contenitore; container.♦ (to) lift /lɪft/A v. t.1 alzare; sollevare; levare in alto; elevare; portare in alto: I cannot lift this box, non riesco a sollevare questo scatolone; to lift one's feet, alzare i piedi; to lift sb. 's spirits, sollevare il morale a q.; The church lifts its spire, la chiesa leva in alto la sua guglia5 abolire, revocare, sopprimere, togliere ( un divieto, ecc.): to lift an embargo [a siege], togliere un embargo [un assedio]; to lift a strike, revocare uno sciopero8 (aeron.) trasportareB v. i.1 alzarsi; levarsi; sollevarsi: The lid of the trapdoor won't lift, il coperchio della botola non vuole sollevarsi; The fog began to lift, la nebbia cominciava ad alzarsi2 ergersi; elevarsi; innalzarsi● to lift the hand, alzare la mano ( per giurare) □ (fam.) to lift one's hand against sb., alzare le mani su q. □ to lift one's hat, scappellarsi □ to lift one's hand in prayer, levare (o giungere) le mani in preghiera □ ( USA) to lift a mortgage, togliere un'ipoteca □ ( calcio) to lift a shot over the bar, calciare sopra la traversa □ to lift the tents, levare le tende □ not to lift a hand (o a finger) to help sb., non muovere un dito per aiutare q.
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