elevator
英 ['elɪveɪtə]
美 ['ɛlɪvetɚ]
助记提示
1. lift[美]电梯，lift 在英国是把一个人拔上去的感觉; go in up 上楼; go in down 下楼.
中文词源
elevator 电梯e-, 向外。-lev, 举起，轻，词源同light , lever.
英文词源
- elevator (n.)
- 1640s, originally of muscles which raise a part of the body, from Latin elevator "one who raises up," agent noun from past participle stem of elevare (see elevate). As a name for a mechanical lift (originally for grain) attested from 1787. Elevator music is attested by 1963. Elevator as a lift for shoes is from 1940.
双语例句
- 1. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
- 电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. An elevator mechanic can work the machinery directly by turning this lever.
- 电梯修理工可以转动这根杠杆直接操作机器。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Kelly eased off his pace as they reached the elevator.
- 当他们走到电梯前时，凯利放慢了步子。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. It's on the fifth floor, so we'd better take the elevator.
- 那是在六楼上，我们最好乘电梯。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The rope broke, and the elevator plunged down to the ground.
- 缆绳断了, 电梯猛然掉到地面上.
来自《简明英汉词典》