escalator
英 ['eskəleɪtə]
美['ɛskə'letɚ]
- n. （美）自动扶梯；电动扶梯
词态变化
复数: escalators;
中文词源
escalator 扶梯
e-, 缓音字母。-scala, 梯子，词源同ascend, echelon.
英文词源
- escalator (n.)
- 1900, American English, trade name of an Otis Elevator Co. moving staircase, coined from escalade + -ator in elevator. Figurative use is from 1927.
双语例句
- 1. I pushed through the crowds and on to the escalator.
- 我挤出人群，踏上了自动扶梯。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't like escalator — I'll climb the stairs.
- 我不喜欢自动扶梯,我要爬楼梯.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.
- 你可以搭电梯上去,但要自己走下来.
来自辞典例句
- 4. The down escalator is not running today.
- 今天下行的自动楼梯不开.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Go downstairs through Exit B; turn around and take the escalator downstairs.
- 从B出口下地下, 后转然后乘向下的扶梯.
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