lid/lɪd/

n

1. C 盖子

• I can't unscrew the lid. 我拧不开这个盖

2. C 眼睑，眼皮

词组keep the lid on 制止住，抑制住

• The government managed to keep the lid on the economic crisis. 政府试图抑制经济危机。

put the lid on

1. 结束；禁止；取缔

• The police put the lid on gambling in the town. 警察取缔了城里的赌博活动。

2. 犯了绝对的错误；到了无以复加的地步

• You put the lid on it when you asked her where her husband was. He has been in prison for the last six months. 你问他的丈夫在哪儿可是大错而特错了。她丈夫已经蹲了半年监狱了。

take the lid off 揭露

• The newspaper took the lid off his scandal. 报纸揭露了他的丑闻。