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elevator

英 ['elɪveɪtə]美 ['ɛlɪvetɚ]

n. 電梯；升降機；升降舵；起卸機

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1. lift[美]電梯，lift 在英國是把一個人拔上去的感覺; go in up 上樓; go in down 下樓.

中文詞源

elevator 電梯

e-, 向外。-lev, 舉起，輕，詞源同light , lever.

英語詞源

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.

權威例句

1. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.

電梯嘎吱一聲停在了一層。

2. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.

電梯修理工可以轉動這根槓桿直接操作機器。

3. Kelly eased off his pace as they reached the elevator.

當他們走到電梯前時，凱利放慢了步子。

4. It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.

那是在六樓上，我們最好乘電梯。

5. The rope broke, and the elevator plunged down to the ground.

纜繩斷了, 電梯猛然掉到地面上.

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