单词 | escalator |
释义 | escalator /es"keuh lay'teuhr/, n. 1. Also called moving staircase, moving stairway. a continuously moving stairway on an endless loop for carrying passengers up or down. 2. a means of rising or descending, increasing or decreasing, etc., esp. by stages: the social escalator. 3. See escalator clause. adj. 4. of, pertaining to, or included in an escalator clause: The union demands escalator protection of wages. [1895-1900, Amer.; formerly a trademark; perh. ESCAL(ADE) + (ELEV)ATOR] |
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