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单词 travelator
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travelatorn.

Brit. /ˈtravəleɪtə/, U.S. /ˈtrævəˌleɪdər/
Forms:

α. 1900s– travolator.

β. 1900s– travelator, 1900s– travellator.

Also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: travel v., -o- connective, escalator n.
Etymology: < trav- (in travel v.) + -o- connective + -lator (in escalator n.).In β. forms with remodelling after travel v.
Originally U.S.
A moving walkway.In form Trav-o-lator, a proprietary name.Not in common use in the United States.
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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
1955 Tel.-Herald (Dubuque, Iowa) 11 Sept. 34/3 They're known as ‘Trav-o-lators’ and will transport up to 7,500 passengers an hour.
1957 Country Life 13 June 1186/3 Travolators..represent an improvement on the moving-staircase principle, since they will possess a flat surface along which the passengers can walk while they are moving.
2019 @AmyBillingto in twitter.com 10 Aug. (accessed 14 Aug. 2019) Today I came across my first off duty accident since qualifying. An elderly lady had injured herself on a travelator.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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