单词 | moving stairway |
释义 | > as lemmasmoving stairway moving stairway n. = moving staircase n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > escalator moving staircase1897 moving stairway1897 escalator1900 moving stair1901 1897 Narka (Kansas) News 26 Feb. 5/1 A moving stairway was tried at the New York terminus of the Brooklyn bridge the other day. 1911 Engineer 6 Oct. 356/3 The escalator or moving stairway connecting the ‘Piccadilly’ and District Railway. 1992 S. Hutson Captives 241 He smiled and hurried to the escalator, scuttling up the moving stairway towards street level. 2004 S. Sennott Encycl. 20th Cent. Archit. 414/2 A much earlier moving stairway system, patented in 1859, was the Ames revolving stair. < as lemmas |
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