elevator
elevator — 名詞
1. An enclosed car or platform that rides on vertical rails inside a building, carr
電梯
建築物內垂直運送人員或貨物的設備
An enclosed car or platform that rides on vertical rails inside a building, carrying riders or freight to upper or lower levels.
Hoa pressed the button and waited for the elevator to arrive.
Hoa 按下按鈕，等待電梯抵達。
The elevator opened its doors and three people stepped out.
電梯門打開，三個人走了出來。
collocation: elevator doors
The small elevator in our apartment building only holds four people at once.
我們公寓大樓裡的小電梯一次只能容納四個人。
The delivery worker used the service elevator in the back.
送貨員使用了後面的貨梯。
When the elevator broke down, Beatrix had to take the stairs.
電梯壞掉的時候，Beatrix 只好走樓梯。
- lift
British English equivalent; identical meaning
- dumbwaiter
a much smaller elevator used only for moving food or goods between floors, never passengers
- stairs
a fixed set of steps that people walk up or down instead of riding
用法筆記
In American English, 'elevator' is the standard word for this sense. British English uses 'lift' instead, though 'elevator' is widely understood there too.
常見錯誤
2. A machine with a moving belt or chain that carries heavy materials like grain, c
輸送機
用輸送帶或鏈斗將貨物從低處送至高處的裝置
A machine with a moving belt or chain that carries heavy materials like grain, coal, or packaged goods upward from a lower level to a higher one.
Workers loaded the bags onto the elevator that carried them into the aircraft.
工人將袋裝貨物放上輸送機，送入飛機機艙。
collocation: loaded [bags] onto the elevator
The conveyor elevator carried boxes from the delivery dock up to the storage room.
輸送升降帶把箱子從卸貨碼頭運到樓上的儲藏室。
collocation: conveyor elevator
Grain flows through the elevator into storage silos at the port.
穀物經由輸送機流進港口的儲存槽。
Defne checked the bucket elevator as it lifted corn into the drying silo.
Defne 檢查著斗式輸送機，看著它把玉米送進烘乾槽。
- conveyor
a broader term for any system that moves materials continuously; not all conveyors lift vertically
- bucket elevator
a specific type of elevator that uses attached buckets to lift grain or other loose materials
用法筆記
This sense is often called a 'conveyor elevator' or 'bucket elevator' depending on the mechanism. It is a technical term used in shipping, agriculture, and heavy industry.
3. A flat, movable surface on the horizontal part of an aircraft's tail section. Wh
升降舵
飛機尾部控制上升或下降的活動翼面
A flat, movable surface on the horizontal part of an aircraft's tail section. When the pilot adjusts it, the nose of the plane tilts up or down, controlling the climb or descent.
The pilot adjusted the elevator to bring the plane's nose up.
飛行員調整升降舵，讓機頭向上抬起。
collocation: adjusted the elevator
A damaged elevator can make it hard to control the aircraft's pitch.
升降舵受損會使飛機的俯仰控制變得很困難。
collocation: damaged elevator / control pitch
The mechanic inspected the elevator on the tail before the flight.
機械師在起飛前檢查了機尾的升降舵。
When the elevator moves up, the tail goes down and the plane climbs.
當升降舵向上轉動時，機尾下壓，飛機便會爬升。
用法筆記
An aviation term. The elevator works together with ailerons and the rudder to steer the aircraft. Do not confuse it with an 'elevon', which combines the functions of an elevator and an aileron on delta-wing aircraft.
4. A tall, tower-like structure on a farm or near a railway line, designed to hold
穀倉
儲存大量穀物的高塔式建築與設備
A tall, tower-like structure on a farm or near a railway line, designed to hold large quantities of harvested grain and fitted with machinery to load, weigh, and unload it.
The grain elevator stood tall beside the railway tracks.
穀倉高聳地矗立在鐵軌旁邊。
collocation: grain elevator + stood beside [railway tracks]
Farmers brought their wheat to the elevator at harvest time.
農民們在收割季節把小麥運到穀倉。
Liang worked at the grain elevator, measuring and storing corn.
Liang 在穀倉工作，負責測量和儲存玉米。
The old grain elevator has been converted into a set of modern loft apartments.
那座老穀倉已被改建成一棟現代化閣樓式公寓。
- grain silo
a cylindrical storage container for grain; usually shorter and without the same conveyor machinery as a grain elevator
用法筆記
Grain elevators are common in agricultural regions such as the American Midwest and the Canadian prairies. Many historic grain elevators have been repurposed as apartments, museums, or art studios.