elevator

noun

/ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/

/ˈelɪveɪtər/

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(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
- It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
Extra Examples
- He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor.
- One guy fell down the elevator shaft.
- The agents in the station sent the checked baggage down stairs on a freight elevator.
- The elevator dinged and the door opened.
- The elevator doors closed behind her.
- We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor.
- York pressed the button to call the elevator.
Topics Buildingsb1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- glass
- express
- high-speed
- …
verb + elevator
- ride
- take
- use
- …
elevator + verb
- go up
- descend
- go down
- …
elevator + noun
- shaft
- door
- button
- …
See full entry
(also grain elevator)
(North American English) a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it
- In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain.
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a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and downTopics Transport by airc2

Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.

单词	elevator
释义	elevator noun /ˈelɪveɪtə(r)/ /ˈelɪveɪtər/ jump to other results (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 It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator. Extra Examples He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor. One guy fell down the elevator shaft. The agents in the station sent the checked baggage down stairs on a freight elevator. The elevator dinged and the door opened. The elevator doors closed behind her. We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor. York pressed the button to call the elevator. Topics Buildingsb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective glass express high-speed … verb + elevator ride take use … elevator + verb go up descend go down … elevator + noun shaft door button … See full entry (also grain elevator) (North American English) a tall building used to store grain and that contains equipment to move it In the harbour a giant elevator stores prairie grain. enlarge image a part in the tail of an aircraft that is moved to make it go up and downTopics Transport by airc2 Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a muscle): modern Latin, from Latin elevare ‘raise’; in later use directly from elevate.
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