资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lifting \Lift"ing\, a.
   Used in, or for, or by, lifting.

   {Lifting bridge}, a lift bridge.

   {Lifting jack}. See 2d {Jack}, 5.

   {Lifting machine}. See {Health lift}, under {Health}.

   {Lifting pump}. (Mach.)
   (a) A kind of pump having a bucket, or valved piston, instead
       of a solid piston, for drawing water and lifting it to a
       high level.
   (b) A pump which lifts the water only to the top of the pump,
       or delivers it through a spout; a lift pump.

   {Lifting rod}, a vertical rod lifted by a rock shaft, and
      imparting motion to a puppet valve; -- used in the engines
      of river steamboats.

   {Lifting sail} (Naut.), one which tends to lift a vessel's
      bow out of water, as jibs and square foresails.