| 单词 | elevator |
| 释义 | elevator /el"euh vay'teuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that elevates or raises. 2. a moving platform or cage for carrying passengers or freight from one level to another, as in a building. 3. any of various mechanical devices for raising objects or materials. 4. a building in which grain is stored and handled by means of mechanical elevator and conveyor devices. 5. Aeron. a hinged horizontal surface on an airplane or the like, used to control the longitudinal inclination and usually placed at the tail end of the fuselage. 6. See elevator shoe. [1640-50; < LL elevator, equiv. to eleva(re) (see ELEVATE) + -tor -TOR] |
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