lid

/lid/

Thân thiện

She carefully placed the lid back on the cookie jar.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A movable cover for a container: A lid is a top or cover designed to close the opening of a box, jar, pot, or other receptacle.
   • An eyelid: Either of the two folds of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball.
   • (Informal) A hat or cap: Used in slang to refer to a piece of headwear.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Container Cover):
  • She put the lid on the pot to let the soup simmer.
  • I can't find the lid for this storage box.
• Noun (Eyelid):
  • His eyelids grew heavy after a long day.
  • The doctor examined the patient's lower lid.
• Noun (Informal: Hat):
  • He tipped his lid as a gesture of greeting.

Advanced Usage

• "to put the lid on (something)": To be the final, worst, or most extreme event in a series; to bring something to an end.
  • The terrible review really put the lid on the restaurant's chances of survival.
• "to blow/take the lid off (something)": To expose shocking secrets or truths about something.
  • The journalist's investigation blew the lid off the corruption scandal.
• "with the lid off": Revealing the unpleasant or shocking reality of a situation.
  • His documentary showed city politics with the lid off.

Variants and Related Words

• Eyelid (n): The specific term for the lid covering the eye.
• Lidded (adj): Having a lid or lids. Often used in compounds like (describing sleepy-looking eyes).
  • She stored the food in a lidded container.

Synonyms

• Cover: A thing that lies on, over, or around something, especially to protect or conceal it.
• Top: The highest part or point of something; can also mean a lid.
• Cap: A kind of lid or cover.

Related Phrases

• Keep a lid on (something): To keep something secret or under control.
  • The company tried to keep a lid on the news of the merger.
• Flip your lid: (Slang) To become very angry or lose self-control.
  • My dad will flip his lid if he sees the dent in the car.

Học thuật

Noun

1. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
2. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.
   • he raised the piano lid
3. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye
   • his lids would stay open no longer

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hat
• chapeau
• eyelid
• palpebra