核心畫面

You can picture a hand under something, raising it and holding it up. Sometimes the thing being raised is an arm, a face or a piece of ground. Sometimes it is a person's mood.

可以想成一隻手從下面托著,把東西抬起來,而且停在上面。有時候被抬起來的是手臂、是仰著的臉、是一整片被推高的地。有時候更多收起可以想成一隻手從下面托著,把東西抬起來,而且停在上面。有時候被抬起來的是手臂、是仰著的臉、是一整片被推高的地。有時候被抬起來的,是一個人的心情。這個字的兩個意思,用的是同一個往上托的動作。

From the word’s history

up + lift: literally 'lifted up'. The feeling sense is the same action carried out on a person's mood.

up(往上)加上 lift(抬)。字面就是「被往上抬起來」。講心情的那個用法,是把同一個動作放到人的情緒上。

Wiktionary entry for uplifted (form of uplift, up- + lift); LDOCE entry for uplifted

Two branches

東西真的被抬起來

這是那個往上托的動作最字面的樣子:抬起來了,而且還在上面。

adjective · C1

Raised upwards and held there — arms, faces, hands, or a piece of land that has been pushed up.

高舉的

心情被托上來

把同一隻手放到看不見的地方:被抬起來的不是身體,是本來沉著的心情。

adjective · B2

Feeling happier, lighter and more hopeful than you did before, because of something you have seen, heard, read or been given.

心情被提起來的

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

upliftedadj

  • 1

    Lifted upwards, raised.

    • To the northeast and northwest of the uplifted area there was a belt of depression, mainly in land areas.
    • Some of the female figurines depicted women with uplifted arms while others portrayed pregnant females with uplifted arms in the process of giving birth.
  • 2

    Joyous, hopeful or inspired.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形:

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。