名词
1. (建筑物)立面，立面图，立视图
In architecture, an elevation is the front, back, or side of a building, or a drawing of one of these.
2. 海拔
The elevation of a place is its height above sea level.
3. 高地；高处
An elevation is a piece of ground that is higher than the area around it.
4. see also: elevate
1. the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something
e.g. the aggrandizement of the king
his elevation to cardinal
Synonym: aggrandizementaggrandisement
2. drawing of an exterior of a structure
3. (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump
e.g. a dancer of exceptional elevation
4. distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
e.g. there was snow at the higher elevations
5. the event of something being raised upward
e.g. an elevation of the temperature in the afternoon
a raising of the land resulting from volcanic activity
6. a raised or elevated geological formation
Synonym: natural elevation
7. angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
8. the highest level or degree attainable
the highest stage of development
e.g. his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
the artist's gifts are at their acme
at the height of her career
the peak of perfection
summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
the summit of his ambition
so many highest superlatives achieved by man
at the top of his profession
Synonym: acmeheightpeakpinnaclesummitsuperlativemeridiantiptoptop