🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

plataforma elevatória

Pronunciation / Transliteration: plataˈfɔɾmɐ elevatˈoɾjɐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cherry picker/ˈtʃɛri ˌpɪkər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O trabalhador utilizou a plataforma elevatória para alcançar o telhado."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of aerial work platform consisting of a platform surrounded by a railing at the end of a hydraulic lifting system, used to lift workers to inaccessible heights.

    "The maintenance crew used a cherry picker to reach the broken streetlamp."
  2. 2

    A person who selectively chooses only the most beneficial or profitable items from a larger set, often ignoring the rest.

    "He was accused of being a cherry picker when he only accepted the easiest cases from the workload."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the literal harvesting tool used to pick fruit from the upper branches of cherry trees. The term was later applied metaphorically and technically to various types of elevating work platforms and cranes that lift workers to high positions.

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🇫🇷French → English

nacelle élévatrice

Transliteration: nasɛl elévatʁis

"Les ouvriers travaillent en hauteur sur la nacelle élévatrice."

🇩🇪German → English

Hubarbeitsbühne

Transliteration: huːpʔaʁbaɪtsbyːnə

"Die Reparatur erfordert den Einsatz einer Hubarbeitsbühne."

🇮🇹Italian → English

piattaforma aerea

Transliteration: piattaˈfɔrma aˈɛːra

"Hanno usato una piattaforma aerea per pulire le finestre del palazzo."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

plataforma autoelevadora

Transliteration: plataˈfoɾma awtoelevaˈdoɾa

"Los operarios subieron a la plataforma autoelevadora para reparar los cables."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

plataforma elevatória

Transliteration: plataˈfɔɾmɐ elevatˈoɾjɐ

"O trabalhador utilizou a plataforma elevatória para alcançar o telhado."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

एरियल वर्क प्लेटफ़ॉर्म

Transliteration: erial vark pletfarm

"कर्मचारियों ने ऊपर काम करने के लिए एरियल वर्क प्लेटफ़ॉर्म का उपयोग किया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

高空作业车

Transliteration: gāokōng zuòyè chē

"工人乘高空作业车修理路灯。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

고소작업차

Transliteration: gosojak-eopcha

"인부들이 고소작업차를 타고 가로등을 수리하고 있다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

高所作業車

Transliteration: kososagyōsha

"作業員が高所作業車を使って電線を修理した。"

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