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elevator
- IPA[ˈɛlɪveɪtə]
英式
- a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels; a lift；a machine consisting of an endless belt with scoops attached, used for raising grain to an upper storey for storage.
noun: elevator, plural noun: elevators
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels; a lift in the elevator she pressed the button for the lobby
- 2. a machine consisting of an endless belt with scoops attached, used for raising grain to an upper storey for storage.
- ▪ North American a tall building used for storing grain in the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain
- 3. a hinged flap on the tailplane of an aircraft, typically one of a pair, used to control the motion of the aircraft about its lateral axis first you trim the rudder, then the ailerons, and finally the elevator
- 4. a muscle whose contraction raises a part of the body elevators of the upper lip
- 5. North American trademark a shoe with a raised insole designed to make the wearer appear taller something in his gait made me sure he was wearing elevator shoes
