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单词 grain elevator
释义

grain elevator

noun

: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Production shifted to the Canadian prairies, attracting immigrants – many of them Ukrainians – who settled in towns next to the tracks, each community centered around its grain elevator that would stand as a beacon from afar. Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022 The grain elevator would be visible from parts of the plantation memorial site. Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 20 May 2022 The next morning, David used a semi truck to deliver the wheat that Lisa had harvested to the grain elevator in Sharon Springs. Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 On the high plains of western Kansas, the horizon is ruler-straight and unobstructed, save for the occasional grain elevator, wind farm, or cell tower jutting into the sky. Michael Holtz, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022 Tribune becomes first newspaper to print color photo of breaking news event — a grain elevator fire. Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2022 Her husband worked at a grain elevator across the river. Seth Freed Wessler, ProPublica, 20 May 2022 Haidai accused Russia of attacking a grain elevator tons of grain in Rubizhne, a city in Luhansk, in April. Washington Post, 5 May 2022 Anatoly Guyvaronsky, who represents the Dnipro region in Ukraine’s association of farmers and private landowners, said that his grain truck driver and grain elevator operator had gone to fight in the war. New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1852, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

grain elevator

noun

: a tall building for storing grain
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