elevator

ascensore

Impianto che trasporta persone o merci da un piano all’altro di un edificio.

In inglese semplice: A machine that carries people or goods up and down between floors in a building.

• Take the elevator upstairs.
• The elevator stopped on the fourth floor.
• Are both elevators working today?

Sinonimi: lift

Espressioni comuni: take the elevator, elevator doors, elevator button

silo per cereali

Grande edificio o contenitore alto usato per conservare cereali.

In inglese semplice: A large building or tall container used to store grain.

• The wheat goes into the grain elevator.
• Several elevators stand beside the railway.
• Farmers delivered their harvest to the elevator.

Sinonimi: silo, grain silo

Espressioni comuni: grain elevator, wheat elevator, elevator storage

prendere l'ascensore

Salire o scendere da un piano all’altro usando l’ascensore.

In inglese semplice: To travel up or down in a machine that carries people between floors.

• We elevatored up to our room.
• She elevatored down to the lobby.
• They elevatored to the tenth floor.

Come si usa: elevator up/down to something (We elevatored up to the rooftop restaurant.)

Sinonimi: take the elevator, take the lift

Espressioni comuni: elevator up, elevator down