lid
[lid]
n. 盖, 制, 睑

vt. ...盖盖

[] 罩; 盖

[医] 硷



lid
[ noun ]

1. either of two folds of skin that can be moved to cover or open the eye

<noun.body>
his lids would stay open no longer

2. a movable top or cover (hinged or separate) for closing the opening at the top of a box, chest, jar, pan, etc.

<noun.artifact>
he raised the piano lid

3. headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim

<noun.artifact>

Lid \Lid\ (l[i^]d), n. [AS. hlid, fr. hl[=i]dan (in comp.) to
cover, shut; akin to OS. hl[=i]dan (in comp.), D. lid lid,
OHG. hlit, G. augenlid eyelid, Icel. hli[eth] gate, gateway.
[root]40.]
1. That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a
movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.

2. The cover of the eye; an eyelid. --Shak.

Tears, big tears, gushed from the rough soldier's
lid. --Byron.

3. (Bot.)
(a) The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
(b) A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off
in a single piece, as in the Australian {Eucalypti}.
(c) The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in
the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields
Brazil nuts.