elevator

ascenseur

Appareil qui transporte des personnes ou des marchandises entre les étages d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : lift

Expressions courantes : take the elevator, elevator doors, elevator button

silo à grains

Grand bâtiment ou réservoir élevé servant à stocker des céréales.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : silo, grain silo

Expressions courantes : grain elevator, wheat elevator, elevator storage

prendre l'ascenseur

Monter ou descendre entre les étages en prenant l’ascenseur.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : elevator up/down to something (We elevatored up to the rooftop restaurant.)

Synonymes : take the elevator, take the lift

Expressions courantes : elevator up, elevator down