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Elevator Lift Attested 3902.Elevator 英 Elɪveɪtə]美 ɛlɪvetɚ 释义

正面 3902.elevator
英 ['elɪveɪtə]美 ['ɛlɪvetɚ]

背面
释义:
n. 电梯;升降机;升降舵;起卸机
例句:
1. The elevator creaked to a halt at the ground floor.电梯嘎吱一声停在了一层。

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.
elevator 电梯e-, 向外。-lev, 举起,轻,词源同light , lever.
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."

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