0 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:
1 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
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.
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.
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自動手扶梯，電梯…
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自动扶梯…
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escalera mecánica, escaleras mecánicas [feminine]…
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escada rolante…
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エスカレーター…
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yürüyen merdiven…
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escalator [masculine], escalier [masculine] mécanique, escalier roulant…
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escala mecànica…
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