moving staircase
Mall's mechanical climb
A moving staircase is an escalator—a mechanized stairway with continuously circulating steps that carries passengers between floors.
The term is slightly old-fashioned, as escalator has become the standard word: The moving staircase at the department store fascinated children in the 1920s.
- step onPress down with foot
- travelatorMotorized flat conveyor for pedestrians
- going upMoving in upward direction
- ride downPursue and catch
- motorizedEquipped with engine propulsion
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