elevatorとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛləveɪtə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛl.ə.veɪ.tɚ/
• 韻: -eɪtə(ɹ)

名詞

elevator (複数形 elevators)

1. Anything that raises or uplifts.
   • 1902, Life (volume 39, page 559)

     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.

   • 1962 May, “Talking of Trains: Portable grain elevators at E.R. stations”, in Modern Railways, page 302, photo caption:

     Bulk loading of grain in progress from road to rail at Biggleswade using a portable elevator.

2. (Canada, 米国用法) 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.
3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator).
4. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controlling the pitching motion of the machine.
5. A dental instrument used to pry up ("elevate") teeth in difficult extractions, or depressed portions of bone.
6. (anatomy) Any muscle that serves to raise a part of the body, such as the leg or the eye.
7. A type of shoe having an insert lift to make the wearer appear taller.

同意語

• (permanent construction): lift (英国用法 English; Australian English)

派生語

• ailevator
• elevator music
• elevator operator
• elevator pitch
• elevator shaft
• elevon
• grain elevator
• one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
• ruddervator
• Shabbat elevator

派生した語

• → Hawaiian: ʻeleweka

アナグラム

• overlate

Latin

動詞

ēlevātor

1. second/third-person singular future passive imperative of ēlevō

参照

• “elevator”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.