音标:英 /ˈtʃeəlɪft/,美 /ˈtʃerlɪft/
基本释义:指通过缆绳悬挂的椅式升降机,主要用于运送人员上下山,常见于滑雪胜地、山地景区或户外休闲场所。其核心特征是乘客乘坐悬挂式座椅,由移动缆绳驱动实现垂直或倾斜运输。
滑雪运动:最常见于滑雪场,将滑雪者从山脚运送到山顶。例如:“Skiers take the chairlift up the mountain at the Swiss mountain resort of Davos.”(在瑞士达沃斯山区度假胜地,滑雪者搭乘缆车上山)。
山地旅游:夏季可作为观光工具,方便游客抵达山顶徒步或观景。如:“Tourists use the chairlifts in summer so that they can walk on the top of the mountain.”(游客夏季乘坐缆车以抵达山顶徒步)。
特殊场景:部分交通工具或建筑中也会配备类似装置,如通用汽车曾推出的“Sit-n-Lift”电动座椅升降机,作为面包车的无障碍配件。
double chair lift:双座上山吊椅,可同时容纳两人。
removable chairlift:可拆卸式升降椅,适用于临时安装或空间有限的场景。
aerial chairlift:空中缆椅,强调其悬挂于空中的特性。
“Underarm vents let you dump heat after a hard mogul run, and a removable hood gives you a choice of coverage. A music pocket holds your tunes, so you stay entertained on the chairlift.”(腋下通风口帮助你在 mogul 滑雪后散热,可拆卸风帽提供多种防护选择,音乐口袋可存放设备,让你在缆车上保持娱乐)。
“General Motors recently pioneered a 'Sit-n-Lift' motorised chairlift as an accessory on its minivans.”(通用汽车最近推出了“Sit-n-Lift”电动座椅升降机,作为其面包车的配件)。
“Using the chairlifts or gondola lifts at a ski area, mountain bikers can get up to higher altitudes quickly.”(山地自行车爱好者可利用滑雪场的缆车或吊舱快速抵达高海拔地区)。
“The area has three chairlifts and a vertical drop exceeding 2000 ft.”(该区域有三台缆车,垂直落差超过 2000 英尺)。
“Your chairlift can be neatly folded away against the wall.”(你的升降椅可以灵巧地折叠起来靠在墙边)。
“AS THE Ramcharger chairlift cranks its frozen passengers to the top of Montana's Andesite Mountain, Jan and Lorene Nobert from Quebec beam about their American holiday.”(蒙大拿州安山长石山上的 Ramcharger 滑雪缆车正把冻僵的乘客送往峰顶,来自魁北克的 Jan 和 Lorene Nobert 对他们的美国假期露出笑容)。
“There are also swings, roundabouts, chairlifts, rowing boats and minigolf.”(这里还有秋千、旋转木马、缆车、划船和迷你高尔夫)。
“A new chairlift is presently under construction to be ready for next season.”(一台新缆车正在建造中,计划用于下个季度)。
“Uplift is provided by a chairlift and two button lifts.”(运输服务由一台缆车和两台按钮式升降机提供)。
“Both are cable cars, and both are aerial lifts which also includes chairlifts.”(两者都是缆车,且都属于空中升降机,其中也包括椅式缆车)。
注意:在美式英语中,“chairlift”可写作一个词,而英式英语中有时会分开为“chair lift”,但两者含义一致。从滑雪胜地的基础设施到汽车无障碍配件,这个词的应用场景正逐渐扩展,但其核心始终围绕“悬挂式椅状运输工具”这一特征。