escalator
Anything that escalatesAnything that escalates.
» My shoelace got caught in the escalator.
Mein Schnürsenkel hat sich in der Rolltreppe verfangen.
У меня шнурок попал в эскалатор.
У меня шнурок застрял в эскалаторе.
В мене шнурок застряг в ескалаторі.
Значення
значень: 4Anything that escalates.
A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.
Rolltreppe, Fahrtreppe
эскала́торeskalátor
ескала́торeskalátor
An upward or progressive course.
An escalator clause.
They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
- 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)
Приклади
речень: 39My shoelace got caught in the escalator.
В мене шнурок застряг в ескалаторі. — aandrusiak
ruУ меня шнурок попал в эскалатор. — Ooneykcall
deMein Schnürsenkel hat sich in der Rolltreppe verfangen. — Zaghawa
The escalator is broken.
Ескалатор зламався. — deniko
ruЭскалатор сломался. — marafon
deDie Rolltreppe ist kaputt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I saw Tom on the escalator.
Tom rode the escalator down to the lobby.
I don't like escalators.
ruЯ не люблю эскалаторы. — marafon
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
By genericization from the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor CharleBy genericization from the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charles Seeberger in 1900, from Latin ē- (“from, out of”) + scala (“ladder”) + -tor, which forms nouns of agency; see the appendix. Broader usage may be influenced by its derivative escalate, by surface analysis, escalate + -or. For an alternative etymology, see the Online Etymology Dictionary.
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Форми
множина: escalators| Однина | escalator |
|---|---|
| Множина | escalators |
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Синоніми
синонімів: 3- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt:moving staircasemoving stairway
- 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):escalator clause