A2verb · intransitive · rare

escalator

es·ca·la·tor

escalator · escalators · escalatored · escalatoring

загостритися, загострювати, загострити

обострять, углублять

steigern, verschärfen, eskalieren

To move by escalatorTo move by escalator.

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UK/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/US/ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/

» My shoelace got caught in the escalator.

Mein Schnürsenkel hat sich in der Rolltreppe verfangen. — Zaghawa

У меня шнурок попал в эскалатор. — Ooneykcall

У меня шнурок застрял в эскалаторе. — Ooneykcall

В мене шнурок застряг в ескалаторі. — aandrusiak

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Meaning

1 senses

(informal)To move by escalator.
We escalatored to the second floor.

Examples

39 sentences

My 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
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The escalator is broken.
Ескалатор зламався. — deniko
ruЭскалатор сломался. — marafon
deDie Rolltreppe ist kaputt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I saw Tom on the escalator.
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Tom rode the escalator down to the lobby.
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I don't like escalators.
ruЯ не люблю эскалаторы. — marafon
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Origin

By genericization from the former trademark Escalator, created by American inventor Charle

By 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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