elevator
英 ['el?ve?t?]
美 ['?l?vet?]
- n. 電梯；升降機(jī)；升降舵；起卸機(jī)
助記提示
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.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
- 電梯嘎吱一聲停在了一層。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.
- 電梯修理工可以轉(zhuǎn)動這根杠桿直接操作機(jī)器。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Kelly eased off his pace as they reached the elevator.
- 當(dāng)他們走到電梯前時(shí)，凱利放慢了步子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》