| 词汇 | escalator |
| 释义 | escalator noun[ C ] uk /ˈes.kə.leɪ.tər/ us /ˈes.kə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/ B2 a set of stairs moved up or down by electric power on which people can stand and be taken from one level of a building to another, especially in shops, railway stations, and airports: 自动扶梯 up escalatorI'll meet you by the up escalator on the second floor. down escalatorHe ran after her on the down escalator before catching up with her on the platform. huad262/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Sorry but the escalator is out of use; you'll have to take the stairs. I cannot take this pram up the escalator, so I hope there is a lift I can use. Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts chairlift chute drag lift dumb waiter elevator fire escape flight ghat ladder lift rung stair staircase stairlift stairway step-free stepladder stoep stoop tread escalator | American Dictionaryescalator noun[ C ] us/ˈes·kəˌleɪ·t̬ər/ a set of stairs that moves by electric power and on which people can stand to be taken up and down from one level to another, usually within a building Examples of escalatorescalator We got off alright and went up a couple of escalators. We went down two escalators, down it seemed into the depths of the earth. The inflation escalator was in effect for all retirees in our sample. Experimental testing and application in escalator prototypes have proven the model to be qualitatively correct. We went down a long escalator. The most obvious examples are vehicle and trolley ramps - but we humans seem to prefer to rise or descend, ourselves, on the flat treads of stairs or escalators. Alternatively, if the potential disturbances are likely to relate to input costs, then ' escalator' clauses can be established that link the contract price to input cost indices. Randai has thus gone down and up cultural escalators 5 in the space of three generations. Yet, here again, the actual locations are unequivocally (and literally) liminal: at the foot of escalators, at bifurcations in pedestrian tunnels, at the interchanges between lines. And the space business has all the hallmarks of such an escalator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We read that the chief fire officer found the same problems of poor housekeeping and electrical wiring in escalator machine rooms year after year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In addition, they look at cleanliness, the state of escalators, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is also one escalator serving the underground car park. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone on the escalator of inflation with one or more capital assets behind him may consider that the situation is not too serious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of the new escalator link, they will have direct access to the main line station. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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