elevator /'eliveita(r); 'e!s,vet/ n 1 machine like a continuous belt with buckets at intervals, used for raising grain, etc. (運(yùn)送谷類等之)升降機(jī)。 2 store-house for grain. 谷倉(cāng)。 3 thing that elevates, eg part of an aircraft that is used to gain or lose altitude. 使升起之物(例如飛機(jī)之升降舵)。 4 (US) lift n (2). (美)電梯。