English Dictionary

grain elevator

名詞

カナダ英語 アメリカ英語

(agriculture, Canada, US) A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that in uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it it designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.

日本語の意味

穀物を大量に貯蔵・搬送するための大型の施設。昇降機構を備え、複数の貯蔵槽に穀物を保持し、大型トラックや貨車への積み込みを効率化する専門の農業施設。

The grain elevator by the railway filled freight cars and trucks with harvested wheat before the storm arrived.

鉄道沿いにある昇降装置付きの大型穀物貯蔵施設は、嵐が来る前に収穫された小麦を貨車やトラックに積み込んだ。

意味（1）

(agriculture, Canada, US) A large structure for the storage of grain. It is more specialized than a regular granary in that in uses an elevating mechanism to hold the grain in one of many different bins, and that it it designed to fill large trucks and train cars for shipping grain in bulk.

By analyzing the costs of operating a country grain elevator these advantages, if any exist, should appear.

grain elevators （ plural ）