解释
- n. 电梯；升降机；升降舵；起卸机
※ 提供单词"elevator"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
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.
例句和用法
- 1. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.
- 电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- 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.
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