elevatorとは

発音

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

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.

2. (US) A permanent construction with a built-in platform that is lifted vertically, used to transport people and goods.
3. A silo used for storing wheat, corn or other grain (grain elevator)
4. (aeronautics) A control surface of an aircraft responsible for controling 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

• elevon
• elevator music
• elevator pitch
• someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top

参考

アナグラム

• overlate

Latin

動詞

ēlevātor

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

参照

• elevator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press