elevator• It was like being in an elevator which suddenly drops from the top of a twenty storey building to the basement.• I climb aboard Moosha and suddenly get the sensation that the expresselevator is going right through the roof.• People were trapped in elevators, businesses closed early, and schools sent students home.• An old ploughdisc forms a foot and oil comes from the harvester's elevatormotordrive.• He backed away towards the nook beside the elevator, where he kept his gun, but the stranger was too quick.• Despite pulling the elevator back and the aeroplane changing attitude, it carried on, sinkingfast.• I rushed to the elevator and down to the artgallery, dreading that..• You just walk down this corridor and around these elevators to the bank on the far side.
(NAmE) ➡ see also liftADJECTIVE | VERB + ELEVATOR | ELEVATOR + VERB | ELEVATOR + NOUNADJECTIVE➤glass觀光電梯➤express, high-speed快速/高速電梯➤creaky吱吱嘎嘎作響的電梯◇We took a creaky old elevator up to the third floor.我們乘着一部吱吱作響的老舊電梯到達了三層。➤freight, grain, service貨運電梯;穀物升運器;員工專用電梯◇The agents in the station sent the checked baggage down stairs on a freight elevator.車站人員把檢查過的行李放到貨運電梯裏送下樓。➤hotel賓館電梯VERB + ELEVATOR➤ride, take乘電梯◇He rode the elevator to the 43rd floor.他乘電梯到 43 層。➤use乘電梯➤board, enter上電梯;進電梯➤exit, leave出電梯;離開電梯➤call召喚電梯◇York pressed the button to call the elevator.約克按下按鈕等電梯。➤install安裝電梯ELEVATOR + VERB➤go up電梯上升➤descend, go down電梯下降➤arrive, reach sth電梯到來/到達⋯➤stop電梯停止➤close, open電梯關閉/打開➤ding電梯發出叮的一聲◇The elevator dinged and the door opened.叮的一聲,電梯門開了。ELEVATOR + NOUN➤shaft電梯升降井◇One guy fell down the elevator shaft.有個傢伙掉下了電梯升降井。➤door電梯門◇The elevator doors closed behind her.電梯門在她身後關上了。➤button電梯按鈕➤lobby電梯廳➤music電梯音樂➤man, operator開電梯的人;電梯操作員➤ride搭乘電梯➤system電梯系統