escalator
pronunciation
How to pronounce escalator in British English:
UK [ˈeskəleɪtə(r)]
How to pronounce escalator in American English:
US [ˈɛskəˌletɚ]
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- Noun:
- 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)
- a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating belt
Word Origin
- escalator (n.)
- 1900, American English, trade name of an Otis Elevator Co. moving staircase, coined from escalade + -ator in elevator. Figurative use is from 1927.
Example
- 1. When she takes the escalator , he is four people behind her .
- 2. Also helping hong kongers and visitors traverse the city is the world 's longest covered escalator .
- 3. A lolita dressed in a maid 's uniform rides an escalator in tokyo , october 22 , 2010 .
- 4. Located on a hill , a long escalator takes me up to what is actually only the ground floor .
- 5. Users would thereby increase their electricity supply-ascending the " energy escalator " , as eight19 puts it-steadily and affordably .