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escalator

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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es·ca·la·tor /ˈeskəleɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  escalator.jpg TBa set of moving stairs that take people to different levels in a building 自动扶梯
Examples from the Corpus
escalatorInternal Transport Those who fly in are carried by escalator down to a railway platform.On the other escalator, he decided to ride all the way down.I could never find the escalators, or the door I came in when it was time to go out.Stepping from the escalator he loped across the record department to find the other set of escalators.He retreats along the corridor and passes the three injured, shooting another student in front of the escalators.In fact it was only fifteen minutes by bike to the escalators.They took the escalator down to the lower level and the Grillapolis café.
Origin escalator (1900-2000) escalade to climb up ((16-21 centuries)) (from French, from Italian scalare) + elevator
es·ca·la·tor nounChineseSyllable
stairs Corpus of set levels people that different to take moving a


escalator
escalator /ˈeskəleɪtə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: escalade 'to climb up' (16-21 centuries) (from French, from Italian scalare) + elevator

a set of moving stairs that take people to different levels in a building


es·cal·atorBrE /ˈeskəleɪtə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈeskəleɪtər/ 🔊 nounmoving stairs that carry people between different floors of a large building 自动扶梯;电扶梯;滚梯