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A machine whose whole purpose is to carry things up and down a fixed vertical path. Usually that means people between floors; on a farm or it means grain and goods riding a moving belt of buckets.
可以想成：一台專門沿著固定的垂直路線把東西送上送下的機器。多數時候載的是人，在樓層之間移動；在農場或碼頭，載的則是穀…更多收起
可以想成：一台專門沿著固定的垂直路線把東西送上送下的機器。多數時候載的是人，在樓層之間移動；在農場或碼頭，載的則是穀物和貨物，靠一條裝著斗子的輸送帶往上帶。原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
elevatornoun/ˈɛləˌveɪtə/
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Anything that raises or uplifts.
- And then the foaming flagons raised on high, with that best of all beverages, that elevator of spirits, that foaming sunshine, that grand and glorious brew of ale.
- Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.
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A permanent construction with a built-in platform or cab that can be raised and lowered, used to transport people and goods, as between different floors of a building.
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A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
- The harvest is now in full swing in the Great Plains and efforts are being made to rush the grain from the fields to the country elevators and then to the large terminals, such as Kansas City, Houston, Galveston and New Orleans.
- [W]hen a group of farmers started a co-op elevator, he invested in it, and persuaded business friends to do the same.
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aeronauticsaerospacebusinessA control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
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A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
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anatomymedicinesciencesAny muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
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A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.
elevatorverb/ˈɛləˌveɪtə/
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informalTo move in an elevator.
- He elevatored up to the third floor.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。