英文词源
- 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.
中文词源
来自Proto-Germanic*luftuz,空气，天空，词源同loft.可能进一步来自PIE*legwh,轻的，举起，词源同lever,light.
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：lift 词源，lift 含义。
lift：提高，举起；(使)升起，消散；消除，解除(禁令等)
来源于史前日耳曼语luftuz(空气,天空),德语luft(空气)属于其派生词之一。
同源词：loft
