| 单词 | moving platform |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoving platform moving platform n. = moving pavement n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > moving pavement moving sidewalk1871 moving platform1892 moving walkway1899 slidewalk1948 Speed-walk1955 travelator1955 moving pavement1960 1892 Scribner's Mag. June 748/1 Imagine a continuous line of platforms on wheels moved by electric motors at the rate of three miles an hour, at which speed persons can step on a moving platform from a station. 1955 Sci. News Let. 8 Oct. 232/3 Designers foresee use of the moving platform, called ‘Trav-o-lator’, for such congested areas as airports, subway stations, [etc.]. 1968 V. Nabokov King, Queen, Knave i. 1 People, people, people on the moving platform, themselves moving their feet, yet standing still, striding forward, yet retreating as in an agonizing dream full of incredible effort, nausea, a cottony weakness in one's calves, will surge back, almost falling supine. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。