elevation 的定义
- 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.
elevation 近义词
height; high ground
advancement, promotion
更多elevation例句
- 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.