lid
noun [ C ] uk/lɪd/ us/lɪd/
B2 盖，盖子
a cover on a container, that can be lifted up or removed
Can you get the lid off this jar? 你能把罐子的盖打开吗？
Put a lid on the saucepan. 给平底深锅盖上盖儿。
眼睑，眼皮
an eyelid (= either of the two pieces of skin that can close over each eye)
She looked at him from under half-closed lids. 她眯着眼睛看着他。
- More examples
- The lid of the coffin had been nailed down.
- I can't get the lid off this jar.
- Screw the lid on tightly.
- I prized the lid off with a spoon.
- She had used a screwdriver to puncture two holes in the lid of a paint tin.
Idioms
blow/take the lid off somethingidiom informal (also lift the lid on something) 揭露…的真相
to cause something bad that was previously kept secret to be known by the public
In 1989 they started an investigation that was to blow the lid off corruption in the police force. 1989年他们开始调查，意图揭露警察队伍中的腐败现象。
keep a/the lid on somethingidiom informal (also put a lid on something) 防止…失控；限制，压制
to control the level of something in order to stop it increasing
The administration has intervened to keep a lid on inflation. 政府已对通货膨胀进行了干预限制。
put the lid on somethingidiom UK old-fashioned 使…失败，使（计划）落空
If something that happens puts the lid on a plan, it causes the plan to fail.
Well, James' resignation just about puts the lid on it/the project. 詹姆斯的辞职几乎使它／该项目流产。