英语中表示乘坐通常都用介词by,如 by bike, by car, by bus, by ship, by train, by plane, by tube 等等。但是,“乘电梯”可用 by lift, by elevator 吗?
可以用 by elevator / lift,你的理解很正确。
没有见过by elevator; 但偶尔可见by the elevator. 可以说 by lift: We go up and come down by lift / in a lift / in an elevator / by the elevator. 我们乘电梯上下。