[エスカレーターがっこう(エスカレーター学校);エスカレータがっこう(エスカレータ学校), esukare-ta-gakkou ( esukare-ta-gakkou ); esukare-ta gakkou ( esukare-ta gakkou )] (n) (col) (See エスカレーター校) private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; "escalator school" [Add to Longdo]
[エスカレーターこう(エスカレーター校);エスカレータこう(エスカレータ校), esukare-ta-kou ( esukare-ta-kou ); esukare-ta kou ( esukare-ta kou )] (n) (col) (See エスカレーター学校) private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; "escalator school" [Add to Longdo]
[baikore-ta-] (n) bicycle escalator (slim conveyor belt beside a flight of stairs) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Escalator \Es"ca*la`tor\, n. [NL. Cf. {Escalade}.]
A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that
the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one
stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- originally a trade
term, which has become the generic name for such devices.
Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments
such as department stores, and in public buildings having a
heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
escalator
n 1: 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) [syn: {escalator clause}, {escalator}]
2: a stairway whose steps move continuously on a circulating
belt [syn: {escalator}, {moving staircase}, {moving
stairway}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย