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elevator

英/ˈɛlɪvˌeɪtɐ/
美/ˈɛɫəˌveɪtɝ/
01n.

电梯, 升降机

lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building; the airfoil on the tailplane of an aircraft that makes it ascend or descend