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elevation

/el-uh-vey-shuhn/US // ˌɛl əˈveɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃən) //

抬高,抬头,抬升,仰角

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the height to which something is elevated or to which it rises: The elevation of the tower is 80 feet.
    • : the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level.
    • : an elevated place, thing, or part; an eminence.
    • : loftiness; grandeur or dignity; nobleness: elevation of mind.
    • : the act of elevating: Her swift elevation to the chancellorship took no one by surprise.
    • : the state of being elevated: She was fully enjoying her elevation to movie stardom.
    • : Architecture. a drawing or design that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides.
    • : Surveying. angle of elevation. the distance above a datum level.
    • : the ability of a dancer to stay in the air while executing a step or the height thus attained.
    • : the Elevation, Roman Catholic Church. the lifting by the celebrant of the Eucharistic elements immediately after consecration, for adoration by the communicants.

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Examples

  • Rising temps also pull in competing predators like common leopards, which previously avoided the chilly heights in favor of forested hunting grounds at lower elevations.

  • Next, the team plans to look for genetic changes that might have equipped these animals to survive at high elevations.

  • That elevation was similar to other “jewel box” parks of the early 20th century.

  • The last row is nearly 33 feet closer and just a few feet higher in elevation.

  • However, due to the elevation, it is influenced by surrounding climates.

  • Army cutworm moths, another major grizzly food source, summer in high elevation talus fields.

  • Elevation sends radio stations two versions of the songs: one, complete, three to four minute version.

  • Variables like weather, azimuth, elevation, crude launchers, and rocket viability quickly add up.

  • Many of the gender-variant male types were stigmatized; being regarded as women was hardly an elevation in social status.

  • There are dozens of fitness gadgets on the market that can measure movement, heart rate, elevation, and even body temperature.

  • In the middle of the warmest room is a round terrace-like elevation, called Gobek-tosh.

  • Once more he was revealed on top of an elevation, studying the surrounding landscape, and he was still alone.

  • Nor can this dirt be worked without danger of caving in, as was the case in all the veins and works that were on that elevation.

  • I ascended the steep head, which rose to an elevation of a hundred and eighty feet above the sea.

  • It lies in a large and picturesque hollow, surrounded by mountains at an elevation of 3,200 feet above the level of the sea.