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基本词汇
n.自动扶梯
n.自动扶梯
第三人称复数：escalators
详情解释
英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
noun
1. a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Synonym: moving staircasemoving stairway
2. a clause in a contract that provides for an increase or a decrease in wages or prices or benefits etc. depending on certain conditions (as a change in the cost of living index)
Synonym: escalator clause
1. 自动扶梯
An escalator is a moving staircase on which people can go from one level of a building to another.
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1. 电扶梯：今天经过公馆捷运站的时候, 看到一位辛苦的妈妈推婴儿车搭电扶梯(Escalator)进捷运站. 正常来说, 应该是要搭电梯的, 很可惜的是, 公馆站在靠台大(出口2, 3)的这边是没有电梯(Elevator)的.
经典引文
Prices and wages are fellow-travellers on the same upward escalator.
出自：Economist