elevator
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++el·e·va·tor /ˈeləveɪtə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [countable] 1 American EnglishTB a machine that takes people and goods from one level to another in a building 电梯，升降机 SYN British English lift We’ll have to take the elevator. 我们只好坐电梯了。 →4 See picture on 见图 Page A11 Where to stay 住的地方2. TIa machine with a moving belt and containers, used for lifting grain and liquids, or for taking things off ships 〔运送粮食、液体或卸船的〕升降机，起卸机
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elevator• It was like being in an elevator which suddenly drops from the top of a twenty storey building to the basement.• I climb aboard Moosha and suddenly get the sensation that the express elevator is going right through the roof.• People were trapped in elevators, businesses closed early, and schools sent students home.• An old plough disc forms a foot and oil comes from the harvester's elevator motor drive.• He backed away towards the nook beside the elevator, where he kept his gun, but the stranger was too quick.• Despite pulling the elevator back and the aeroplane changing attitude, it carried on, sinking fast.• I rushed to the elevator and down to the art gallery, dreading that..• You just walk down this corridor and around these elevators to the bank on the far side.el·e·va·tor nounChineseSyllable
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elevator
el‧e‧va‧tor S3 W3 /ˈeləveɪtə, ˈelɪveɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]
1. American English a machine that takes people and goods from one level to another in a building
SYN lift British English:
We’ll have to take the elevator.
2. a machine with a moving belt and containers, used for lifting grain and liquids, or for taking things off ships
el‧e‧va‧tor S3 W3 /ˈeləveɪtə, ˈelɪveɪtə $ -ər/
noun [countable]1. American English a machine that takes people and goods from one level to another in a building
SYN lift British English:
2. a machine with a moving belt and containers, used for lifting grain and liquids, or for taking things off ships
