单词 | elevate |
释义 | elevate v.tr.   1. bring to a higher position.   2. Eccl. hold up (the Host or the chalice) for adoration.   3. raise, lift (one's eyes etc.).   4. raise the axis of (a gun).   5. raise (a railway etc.) above ground level.   6. exalt in rank etc.   7. (usu. as elevated adj.) raise morally or intellectually (elevated style).   8. (as elevated adj.) colloq. slightly drunk. Derivatives elevatory adj. Etymology: L elevare raise (as E-, levis light) |
随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。