| 词汇 | put a/the lid on something |
| 释义 | put a/the lid on somethingput a/the lid on something informalSPOIL to do something that finally stops something or ruins or ends someone’s plans or hopes 结束某事；使计划[希望]落空 Let’s put a lid on all these rumours. 让我们来粉碎这一切谣言吧。 Examples from the Corpus put a/the lid on something• He had left the Phillips screwdriver in the spare room after we'd put the lid on.• If it passes, the measure would be the first time that an Arizona community has put a lid on building permits.• His new responsibilities have put the lid on this.• He put the lid on the pan and picked up his wine glass and drank before saying anything else.• Alan and I put the lid on the coffin and screwed it down. → put a/the lid on something at lid(2) |
| 随便看 |
|
时代网英语在线翻译词典收录了323754条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。