单词	escalator
释义	escalator From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Buildingescalatores‧ca‧la‧tor /ˈeskəleɪtə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  TBa set of moving stairs that take people to different levels in a buildingExamples from the Corpusescalator• Internal Transport Those who fly in are carried by escalator down to a railway platform.• 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 record department 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.Origin escalator (1900-2000) escalade “to climb up” ((16-21 centuries)) (from French, from Italian scalare) + elevator
随便看	in all your born days in all/different/various (shapes and) sizes in all/everything but name in alliance in alliance (with somebody/something) in alliance with in alphabetical order in amusement in an ecstasy in an embrace in an emergency in an ideal world in an ideal/perfect world in an orderly in an perfect world in an undertone in and of themselves in anger in annoyance in answer to question in answer to somebody’s question in antiquity in any case in any event in any/either event

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