elevator
elevator 英 [ˈelɪveɪtə(r)] 美 [ˈɛləˌvetɚ]
n. 电梯；升降机；升降舵；起卸机
名词复数:elevators
- An elevator is a machine that carries passengers to higher and lower floors in a tall building. Even though you usually take the stairs to your apartment, when you're exhausted you might decide to take the elevator instead.
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- n. 电梯；升降机；升降舵；起卸机
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1. We are all bunched together in the crowded elevator.
在拥挤的电梯里我们聚拢在一起。
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2. Will this lift (or elevator) accommodate 10 people?
这部电梯能容纳10个人吗?
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3. The new building was bedevilled by elevator failures.
这座新大楼被电梯故障弄得一团糟。
- elevator (n.) 1640s, originally of muscles which raise a part of the body, from Latin elevator "one who raises up," agent noun from past participle stem of elevare (see elevate). As a name for a mechanical lift (originally for grain) attested from 1787. Elevator music is attested by 1963. Elevator as a lift for shoes is from 1940.
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