escalator

A2 CET-6 FREQ #24860

n. 电动扶梯, 自动扶梯 [机] 升降阶梯

发音

UK /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/
其它
US /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/

词形变化

escalators 复数 escalators escalatored escalatoring escalators 三单 escalatoring 现在分词 escalatored 过去式 escalatored 过去分词

释义与例句

n. A2
  1. 1.

    Anything that escalates.

  2. 2.

    A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.

    自动扶梯

    电动扶梯

    自动电梯

    自动楼梯

    自动链梯

    升降阶梯

    扶手电梯

    电梯

    There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.

  3. 3.

    An upward or progressive course.

  4. 4.

    An escalator clause.

    They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.

v.
  1. 1.

    To move by escalator.

    非正式 不及物

    We escalatored to the second floor.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

escalator clause moving staircase

上位词 4

article staircase clause stairway

相关短语

escalator clause [经] 伸缩条款 escalator clauses escalator school escalator schools escalator barrel escalator barrels

词源

From the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin ē- (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency; see the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by its derivative escalate, by surface analysis, escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.

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