• n. （美）自動扶梯；電動扶梯

e-, 緩音字母。-scala, 梯子，詞源同ascend, echelon.

escalator (n.)

1900, American English, trade name of an Otis Elevator Co. moving staircase, coined from escalade + -ator in elevator. Figurative use is from 1927.

1. I pushed through the crowds and on to the escalator.

我擠出人群，踏上了自動扶梯。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I don't like escalator — I'll climb the stairs.

我不喜歡自動扶梯,我要爬樓梯.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. You can ride the escalator up but have to descend on foot.

你可以搭電梯上去,但要自己走下來.

來自辭典例句

4. The down escalator is not running today.

今天下行的自動樓梯不開.

來自辭典例句

5. Go downstairs through Exit B; turn around and take the escalator downstairs.

從B出口下地下, 后轉然后乘向下的扶梯.

來自互聯網