escalator en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tə/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛs.kə.leɪ.tɚ/ (US)
- esʹkə-lā-tər (US)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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Anything that escalates.
Fourth, communication researchers study the role of stress and negative attitudes as key contributors to conflict, anger as an escalator of conflict, and emotional residues as barriers to reconciliation.
2006, Dudley D. Cahn, Ruth Anna Abigail, Managing Conflict Through Communication, page xiv:
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A motor-driven mechanical device consisting of a continuous loop of steps that automatically conveys people from one floor to another.
Episode Guide: [...] Episode 1 (July 13): Exploration of both ends of the abandoned branch between Holborn and Aldwych, including an interview with the driver of the last train. And a trip to Holloway Road to find out about the Tube's only spiral escalator. [This escalator never entered service]
2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, page 51:It was the Earls Court installation on the Piccadilly tube, opened on October 4, 1911, which really began the successful career of the escalator in this country. At first the public mistrusted it, and a wooden-legged man called "Bumper" Harris was engaged to travel up and down all day to give passengers confidence. Today there are 181 escalators at 57 London Transport stations.
1957 July 14, Charles E. Lee, “The Changing Face of Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 451:I found the Tube trains morbidly fascinating, I had a simpler enthusiasm for the escalators. Everyone likes going on escalators as far as I know. It feels like a free ride, and the longer they are, the better. The only escalator in York was at Marks & Spencer's, and people would hesitate for ages before getting on, apparently waiting for the right stair to come rolling along, whereas Londoners would step on while reading a newspaper.
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page xiv-xv, Preface:There is a plastic molly-guard covering the escalator's shutdown button to prevent little kids from pushing it and stopping the escalator.
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An upward or progressive course.
Lots of people fell for the pitch that real estate was an up-only escalator into the American Dream
2009 February 19, Froma Harrop, “Housing aid may revive American dream for Latinos”, in Houston Chronicle:
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An escalator clause.
They agreed to a cost-of-living escalator.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| escalators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
escalator school · downalator · escalator clause · escalator barrel · escalefter
Descendants
escalateur · エスカレーター · escalator
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Translations (107)
uz eskalator (mechanical device) · da rulletrappe (mechanical device) · ps برقي ځينه (mechanical device) · ms tangga elektrik (mechanical device) · dsb běžeca stupnica (mechanical device) · fr escalateur (mechanical device) · hu mozgólépcső (mechanical device) · sq shkallë lëvizëse (mechanical device) · fi liukuportaikko (mechanical device) · pl eskalator (mechanical device) · ro scară rulantă (mechanical device) · tr yürüyen merdiven (mechanical device) · pdt Rolltrap (mechanical device) · yi עסקאַלאַטאָר (mechanical device) · nb rulletrapp (mechanical device) · mk ескала́тор (mechanical device) · nrf escalateux (mechanical device) · ar سُلَّم مُتَحَرِّك (mechanical device) · fi liukuportaat (mechanical device) · et eskalaator (mechanical device) · ca escala mecànica (mechanical device) · mn урсдаг шат (mechanical device) · prs پِلَّهبَرْقِی (mechanical device) · yue 扶手電梯 /扶手电梯 (mechanical device) · ko 계단승강기 (mechanical device) · sh еска̀ла̄тор (mechanical device) · pt escada rolante (mechanical device) · fi rullaportaat (mechanical device) · io eskalatoro (mechanical device) · id eskalator (mechanical device) · lo ຂັ້ນໃດເລື່ອນ (mechanical device) · ms tangga gerak (mechanical device) · prs زِینَهٔ بَرْقِی (mechanical device) · sh eskàlātor (mechanical device) · uk ескала́тор (mechanical device) · ar دَرَج مُتَحَرِّك (mechanical device) · is rúllustigi (mechanical device) · cs pohyblivé schody (mechanical device) · km ជណ្ដើរយោង (mechanical device) · crh eskalator (mechanical device) · hy շարժասանդուղք (mechanical device) · cs jezdicí schody (mechanical device) · hi चलसोपान (mechanical device) · es escalera rodante (mechanical device) · lo ຂັ້ນໄດໄຟຟ້າ (mechanical device) · tk eskalator (mechanical device) · af roltrap (mechanical device) · cmn 電動扶梯 /电动扶梯 (mechanical device) · mi ēkareta (mechanical device) · kk эскалатор (mechanical device) · lut lədᶻək̓ʷ səxʷʔigʷəɬ (mechanical device) · el κυλιόμενες σκάλες (mechanical device) · nn rulletrapp (mechanical device) · cs pojízdné schody (mechanical device) · yue 電梯 /电梯 (mechanical device) · fr escalier mécanique (mechanical device) · ur ایسْکِلیٹَر (mechanical device) · sk pohyblivé schody (mechanical device) · bn এস্কেলেটর (mechanical device) · cs pohyblivé schodiště (mechanical device) · eo rulŝtuparo (mechanical device) · cmn 自動扶梯 /自动扶梯 (mechanical device) · vi thang cuốn (mechanical device) · tl sigdan (mechanical device) · cmn 自動電梯 /自动电梯 (mechanical device) · cs eskalátor (mechanical device) · de Rolltreppe (mechanical device) · fr escalator (mechanical device) · ka ესკალატორი (mechanical device) · bg ескала́тор (mechanical device) · hi चलती सीढ़ी (mechanical device) · cmn 自動樓梯 /自动楼梯 (mechanical device) · ms eskalator (mechanical device) · bo གློག་འགུལ་སྐས་འཛེག (mechanical device) · az eskalator (mechanical device) · ko 자동계단 (mechanical device) · be эскала́тар (mechanical device) · my စက်လှေကား (mechanical device) · ky эскалатор (mechanical device) · tg эскалатор (mechanical device) · ja エスカレーター (mechanical device) · sl tekoče stopnice (mechanical device) · it scala mobile (mechanical device) · mi ara maiangi (mechanical device) · sv rulltrappa (mechanical device) · ru эскала́тор (mechanical device) · lt eskalatorius (mechanical device) · ar سُلَّم دَوَّار (mechanical device) · lv eskalators (mechanical device) · cy esgaladur (mechanical device) · fa-ira پِلِّهبَرْقی (mechanical device) · ga staighre beo (mechanical device) · cmn 自動鏈梯 /自动链梯 (mechanical device) · de Fahrtreppe (mechanical device) · nl roltrap (mechanical device) · sk eskalátor (mechanical device) · th บันไดเลื่อน (mechanical device) · fo rullutrappa (mechanical device) · vo rolatridem (mechanical device) · eo eskalatoro (mechanical device) · id tangga berjalan (mechanical device) · cmn 升降階梯 /升降阶梯 (mechanical device) · ko 에스컬레이터 (mechanical device) · pl schody ruchome (mechanical device) · he דְּרַגְנוֹעַ (mechanical device) · es escalera mecánica (mechanical device) · hi एस्केलेटर (mechanical device)