escalator

英 ['eskəleɪtə]美 ['ɛskə'letɚ]
  • n. （美）自动扶梯；电动扶梯
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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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