ladder

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n. 梯, 梯状物, 发迹的途径 vi. 袜子抽丝, 成名

发音

UK /ˈlad.ə/
US /ˈlæd.ɚ/
AU
US /ˈlæɾ.ɚ/

词形变化

ladders 复数 ladders laddered laddering ladders 三单 laddering 现在分词 laddered 过去式 laddered 过去分词

别名

ledder

教材释义与例句

名词

阶梯；途径；梯状物

a piece of equipment used for climbing up to or down from high places. A ladder has two bars that are connected by rungs(= short bars that you use as steps ) .

动词

成名；发迹

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).

  2. 2.

    A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.

  5. 5.

    A sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.

  6. 6.

    A league table.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.

  2. 2.

    To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.

    政治
  3. 3.

    Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

    Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!

    He slid his hand up her skirt and murmured in her ear. / "Robert, I've just got dressed. Stop it." […] / He laddered her stocking and smudged her lipstick, but she had time to repair the damage before they went out.

  4. 4.

    To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.

    英国 俚语 政治 军事
  5. 5.

    To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.

    英国 政治 法律

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

run ravel

上位词 9

point stage level harm damage steps stairs degree impairment

下位词 5

stepladder Jacob's ladder monkey ladder rope ladder scaling ladder

部分词 3

spoke rung rundle
动词

同义词 1

run

上位词 5

break separate fall apart split up come apart

近义相关 2

run unravel

相关短语

ladder logic ladder polyether ladder snake ladder snakes ladder handle ladder match ladder matches Ladder of Jacob ladder wall ladder walls ladder handles ladder polyethers ladder school ladder schools ladder beam

词源

Inherited from Middle English ladder, laddre; from Old English hlǣder, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaidriju, from Proto-Germanic *hlaidrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlóydʰrom, from *ḱley- (“to lean”). Compare Scots ledder, North Frisian ladder, Saterland Frisian Laadere, West Frisian ljedder, Dutch ladder, German Leiter; also Old Irish clithar (“hedge”), and Umbrian 𐌊𐌋𐌄𐌈𐌓𐌀𐌌 (kleθram, “stretcher”). See lean, which is related to lid. Further cognates include Ashkun istrī, Kamkata-viri c̣ik, Prasuni čik, čix; Waigali c̣iř, Sanskrit श्रिति (śrití).

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