el·e·va·tor
noun/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/
/ˈelɪveɪtər/
- (North American English) (British English lift)a machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine
电梯；升降机 - It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
那是在六楼，我们最好乘电梯。
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsb1- He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor.
他乘电梯到 43 层。 - One guy fell down the elevator shaft.
有个家伙掉下了电梯升降井。 - The agents in the station sent the checked baggage down stairs on a freight elevator.
车站人员把检查过的行李放到货运电梯里送下楼。 - The elevator dinged and the door opened.
叮的一声，电梯门开了。 - The elevator doors closed behind her.
电梯门在她身后关上了。 - We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor.
我们乘着一部吱吱作响的老旧电梯到达了三层。 - York pressed the button to call the elevator.
约克按下按钮等电梯。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- glass
- express
- high-speed
- …
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- go up
- descend
- go down
- …
- shaft
- door
- button
- …
- It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
- (also grain elevator)(North American English) a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it
（有谷物升运器的）谷仓，粮仓 - In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
港口里有一个巨大的电梯储存草原谷物。
- In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
- a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and down
enlarge image（航空器的）升降舵
Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.