escalator

US: /ˈɛskəˌɫeɪtɝ/

UK: /ˈɛskɐlˌe‍ɪtɐ/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

escalator /'eskəleitə/
  • danh từ
    • cầu thang tự động
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) khoản điều chỉnh (điều khoản quy định sự điều chỉnh thường kỳ về giá cả hay lượng) ((cũng) escalator clause)
    • tính từ
      • quy định điều chỉnh (giá cả, lượng)

    Advanced English dictionary

    + noun
    a moving staircase that carries people between different floors of a large building

    Collocation

    ADJ.

    down, up
    kids running up a down escalator

    VERB + ESCALATOR

    take
    Take the escalator down to the lower level.
    | go up | descend, go down

    ESCALATOR + VERB

    carry sb
    Passengers are carried by escalator to the first floor.


    Concise dictionary

    escalators'eskəleɪtə(r)
    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

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