TBa set of moving stairs that take people to different levels in a building 自动扶梯
Examples from the Corpus
escalator• InternalTransport Those who fly in are carried by escalator down to a railwayplatform.• 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 recorddepartment 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.
Originescalator
(1900-2000)escalade“to climb up”((16-21 centuries)) (from French, from Italianscalare) + elevator
ADJECTIVE | VERB + ESCALATOR | ESCALATOR + VERBADJECTIVE➤down, up下行/上行電動扶梯◇kids running up a down escalator在下行電動扶梯上向上跑的小孩VERB + ESCALATOR➤ride, take, use乘電動扶梯◇We rode the escalator up toward our restaurant.我們乘電動扶梯上到餐廳。◇Take the escalator down to the lower level.乘電動扶梯下樓。➤ascend, go up乘電動扶梯上樓▸➤descend, go down乘電動扶梯下樓ESCALATOR + VERB➤carry sb電動扶梯載某人◇Passengers are carried by escalator to the first floor.乘客乘電動扶梯到 2 樓。➤lead to sth電動扶梯通向⋯◇the escalator leading down to the lower level下行的電動扶梯