elevator

中英词典

1. 名词

elevator [ˈɛləˌveɪtər]

电梯；升降机

（美）（农产品等的）提升机，升降机

（英）（大楼的）升降机，电梯

2. 形容词

elevator [ˈɛləˌveɪtər]

（美）升降机的；电梯的

（英）电梯的；升降机的

3. 动词

elevator [ˈɛləˌveɪtər]

（美）用提升机搬运

（英）用电梯搬运

词语辨析

电梯（elevator）和升降机（lift）在英语中都可以用来指代同一种设备，但在美式英语中，更常用elevator，而在英式英语中，更常用lift。

词汇扩充

elevator attendant：电梯员工

elevator shaft：电梯井

elevator car：电梯厢

elevator door：电梯门

elevator music：电梯音乐（指轻松、柔和的背景音乐）

近义词

lift

hoist

escalator

反义词

descend

lower

柯林斯词典

【名词】 1. An elevator is a device that carries people or goods up and down inside tall buildings. 例句：She took the elevator to the fifth floor. 她乘电梯到了五楼。 2. In the United States, an elevator is a building in which grain or other substances can be raised or lowered from one level to another. 例句：They were loading grain onto a truck in the elevator. 他们正在将谷物装入卡车。 【形容词】 An elevator is used to describe things that are used in an elevator. 例句：The elevator doors opened and a man stepped out. 电梯门开了，一个人走了出来。

牛津词典

【名词】 1. A elevator is a device used for carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another. It consists of a platform or compartment raised and lowered by mechanical means. 例句：I took the elevator to the 10th floor. 我乘电梯到了十楼。 2. (North American English) A building used for storing and moving grain or other foods. 例句：They loaded the wheat onto an elevator and took it to the storage area. 他们将小麦装上升降机并运到了存储区域。 【形容词】 An elevator is used to describe things that are used in an elevator. 例句：She pressed the button for the elevator doors to open. 她按下了电梯门的按钮使其打开。

用法

【名词】 1. take/ride in an elevator: 乘坐电梯 例句：We took the elevator to the top floor. 我们乘电梯到了顶层。 2. an elevator goes up/down: 电梯上升/下降 例句：The elevator went up to the 12th floor. 电梯上升到了12楼。 【动词】 elevator + verb 例句：They are using a crane to elevator the goods to the top floor. 他们正在使用起重机将货物提升到顶楼。

例句

1. I pressed the button and waited for the elevator to arrive. 我按下按钮，等待电梯到来。 2. The office building has multiple elevators for easy access. 这座办公楼有多部电梯供人们方便进出。 3. The elevator doors opened, revealing a crowded car. 电梯门打开，显露出一个拥挤的厢。 4. Please hold the door for me, I'm running to catch the elevator. 请等一下门，我正跑过来赶电梯。 5. The elevator descended smoothly to the ground floor. 电梯平稳地下降到了底楼。 6. The elevator attendant greeted us with a smile. 电梯员工微笑着向我们打招呼。 7. We loaded the boxes onto the elevator and sent them up to the top floor. 我们将箱子装上升降机，送到了顶层。 8. The elevator music in the hotel lobby was soothing and relaxing. 酒店大堂里的电梯音乐令人感到舒缓和放松。 9. She used the elevator to transport the heavy machinery to the construction site. 她使用电梯将重型机械运到了施工现场。 10. The elevator shaft is undergoing maintenance, so we have to use the stairs. 电梯井正在进行维修，所以我们必须走楼梯。 11. The hotel has a glass elevator that offers a panoramic view of the city. 酒店有一部玻璃电梯，可以俯瞰城市全景。 12. The old building doesn't have an elevator, so we have to climb the stairs. 这座旧建筑没有电梯，所以我们必须爬楼梯。 13. The elevator doors closed just as I reached them. 当我走到电梯门口时，门刚好关上了。 14. We need to install an elevator for the disabled to access the upper floors. 我们需要安装一部供残疾人进入上层楼层的电梯。 15. The workers used a elevator to move the heavy crates to the warehouse. 工人们使用升降机将重箱子运到仓库。 16. The elevator operator asked which floor we wanted to go to. 电梯操作员询问我们要去哪一层。 17. The elevator jerks a bit when it starts and stops. 电梯启动和停止时有些颠簸。 18. We took the elevator down to the basement level. 我们乘电梯下到地下室层。 19. The elevator was out of order, so we had to take the stairs. 电梯出故障了，所以我们不得不走楼梯。 20. We had to wait for the elevator to come back down before we could get in. 我们必须等电梯下来后才能进去。