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词汇 elevation
释义 elevation
noun
uk /ˌel.ɪˈveɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌel.əˈveɪ.ʃən/

elevationnoun (OF A BUILDING)


[ C ] architecture specialized
the front or side of a building as shown on a drawing: 立面图;立视图
This plan shows the front, side, and back elevations of the new supermarket.该示意图展示的是新超市的正、侧、后三面的立视图。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Parts of buildings in general
addition
annex
annexe
downstairs
extension
façade
foundation
frontage
Juliet balcony
man cave
multi-chambered
organ loft
superstructure
wing

elevationnoun (OF A PLACE)


[ C or U ]formal
the height of a place above the level of the sea: 海拔;高度
Atmospheric pressure varies with elevation and temperature.气压随海拔和气温的变化而变化。
The crop is not grown at high elevations/above an elevation of 1,000 metres.这种作物不宜在海拔高的/海拔高于1000米的地区种植。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

the distance from the bottom to the top
heightThe exact height of Everest is a matter for debate.
tallnessThe tallness of the building makes me dizzy.
statureHe was a man of short stature.
altitudeThe plane has reached a cruising altitude of 36,000 feet.
elevationThe city's elevation is 9,010 feet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Measurements in general
altitude
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
calibre
cubic
drop
factor
knee-length
metric
micro
non-measurable
pico-
scale
setting
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated

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Maps & map-making

elevationnoun (HILL)


[ C ]formal
a hill: 丘;高地,高处
The flagpole stands on a small elevation in front of the building.旗杆矗立在楼前的一小块高地上。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Geography: hills & mountains
acclivity
alpine tundra
clifftop
craggy
esker
highlands
hillock
Marilyn
mesa
mid-ocean ridge
motte
Mount Kilimanjaro
pinnacle
scarp
slope
spur
steep
the Adirondack Mountains
the Alaska Range
the Alps

elevationnoun (IMPORTANCE)


[ U ]formal
the fact of being given a more important position: 提拔;晋升;提升
His elevation to the presidency of the new republic was generally popular.总的来说,他被推举为新共和国的总统是众望所归。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Promoting staff
aggrandizement
anointment
ascend
ascension
career ladder
downgrade someone/something to something
elevate
enthrone
exalt
fast track
Peter Principle
promote
promotion
reinstall
reinstallation
relegate
subordinate
waiver
wilderness
wilderness yearsidiom

elevation | American Dictionary


elevation
noun[ C/U ]
us/ˌel·əˈveɪ·ʃən/
height above the surface of the earth, or an area that is higher than the surrounding land:
[ C ]At higher elevations, the air is colder.

Examples of elevation


elevation
The airborne and satellite imagery reveals areas of vegetational change, linear features, elevations on which sites are located, and the course of rivers and drainages.
However, it is still unknown if the fly infests mangoes grown at such elevations.
The first of these strategies is transparency: at ground-level, three out of four elevations are fullyglazed so as to let passers-by view interior activity.
Stress- and treatmentinduced elevations of cortisol levels associated with impaired declarative memory in healthy adults.
The comparatively narrow accent range of pitch elevations throughout the period of study confirmed these physiological, linguistic, and developmental expectations.
We expected mutually positive exchanges to characterize interactions with children without conduct symptoms and mutually angry exchanges to characterize interactions with children with clinical elevations.
However, abdominal bristle numbers from sites at the highest elevations are considerably more plastic to temperature than the other sites.
The maximum and minimum surface elevations are shown in figure 9(a).
Similar elevations in blood pressure have been reported in rats antenatally treated with dexamethasone (72).
Then, the proportion of children in each home problem profile group who exhibited significant elevations on each school problem was calculated.
Our first hypothesis addressed whether elevations in maternal depressive symptoms would be associated with children's overall lower cortisol.
In middle adolescence this picture was similar, although disorder rate elevations were mostly not statistically significant.
Although the most extensively maltreated group exhibited differences on these dimensions, the developmental timing variables did not appear to account for the cortisol elevations obtained.
Therefore, the north-south streets that already have side elevations in the original grid layout are designated for service and minor public functions.
The structure of firewalls, circulation spine, and cantilevered floors leaves the east and west elevations free of load-bearing requirements.
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Collocations withelevation


elevation

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average elevation
This condition means that the averageelevation of the disturbed surface above the plane y = 0 is equal to zero, which seems physically quite realistic.
base elevation
As a winter ski resort, it has a base elevation at 1420 metres altitude, and peaks at 2500 metres.
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Wikipedia

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digital elevation
Automated extraction of geomorphometric properties from digital elevation data.
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