es·ca·la·tor
noun/ˈeskəleɪtə(r)/
/ˈeskəleɪtər/
- moving stairs that carry people between different floors of a large building
自动扶梯；电扶梯；滚梯 - Take the escalator down to the lower level.
乘电动扶梯下楼。 - We rode the escalator up toward our restaurant.
我们乘电动扶梯上到餐厅。 - kids running up a down escalator
在下行电动扶梯上向上跑的小孩 - The up escalator was out of service.
上行自动扶梯已停止使用。 - by escalator Passengers are carried by escalator to the first floor.
乘客乘电动扶梯到 2 楼。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- down
- up
- ride
- take
- use
- …
- carry somebody
- lead to something
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. - Take the escalator down to the lower level.