| 单词 | elevation |
| 释义 | elevation(ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən) noun 1. the act of elevating or the state of being elevated 2. the height of something above a given or implied place, esp above sea level 3. a raised area; height 4. nobleness or grandeur; loftiness elevation of thought 5. a drawing to scale of the external face of a building or structure Compare plan (sense 3), ground plan (sense 1) 6. the external face of a building or structure 7. a ballet dancer's ability to leap high 8. Roman Catholic Church the lifting up of the Host at Mass for adoration 9. astronomy another name for altitude (sense 3) 10. the angle formed between the muzzle of a gun and the horizontal 11. surveying the angular distance between the plane through a point of observation and an object above it Compare depression (sense 7)12. linguistics another term for amelioration Derived forms elevational (ˌeleˈvational) adjective |
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