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扶梯
fútī
Description
扶梯是一种在楼里帮你上下楼的东西。
A 扶梯 is a thing inside a building that helps you go up and down floors.
在商场里，我们常常坐扶梯到楼上。
In shopping malls, we often take the 扶梯 to go upstairs.
Meanings
扶梯fútī
escalator; moving staircase
我们坐扶梯去二楼。
We take the escalator to the second floor.
扶梯fútī
staircase with a handrail
他扶着扶梯慢慢走下来。
He holds the escalator handrail and slowly walks down.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
扶 (to support/hold) + 梯 (ladder/stairs), literally 'stairs you hold onto'.
- Nuance
often means escalator (自动扶梯); 电梯 is elevator, 楼梯 is a plain staircase.
In videos
“可以坐扶梯上楼坐扶梯上楼”
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