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单词 escalator
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escalator

noun
/ˈeskəleɪtə(r)/
/ˈeskəleɪtər/
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  1. moving stairs that carry people between different floors of a large building
    • Take the escalator down to the lower level.
    • We rode the escalator up toward our restaurant.
    • kids running up a down escalator
    • The up escalator was out of service.
    • by escalator Passengers are carried by escalator to the first floor.
    Topics Buildingsc1, Shoppingc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • down
    • up
    verb + escalator
    • ride
    • take
    • use
    escalator + verb
    • carry somebody
    • lead to something
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    Word Originearly 20th cent. (originally US, as a trade name): from escalade ‘climb a wall by ladder’ (from the noun escalade), on the pattern of elevator.
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