英语单词 | ladder |
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英美音标 | 英 ['lædə(r)] 美 ['lædər] |
中文释义 | n.阶梯;梯子;梯状物 |
英语例句 | (1) Diligence is often a ladder to success. (2) He was halfway down the ladder when he fell. (3) This ladder isn't very stable. (4) It's considered unlucky to walk under a ladder. |
中文例句 | (1) 勤勉常常是通往成功的阶梯。 (2) 他下阶梯时,半路摔倒了。 (3) 这架梯子不太牢靠。 (4) 从梯子下面走过被认为是不吉利的。 |
vocabulary简明 | If your ball lands on the roof, grab a ladder and climb up and get it. A ladder has steps you use to reach up high. If you climb the corporate ladder, you’re moving up in the business world. |
vocabulary扩展 | Some ladders are just a few feet tall, and others are taller than a house. Still others are invisible –- any time you move up in your career as a banker or NFL football player, you climb the ladder. In British English, a ladder is a run in stockings, which is funny because it usually looks like one. The superstition that it's bad luck to walk under an open ladder dates from the eighteenth century. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]梯子 A ladder is a piece of equipment used for climbing up something or down from something. It consists of two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope with steps fixed between them. 2 [N-SING 单数名词](社会、组织或系统中晋升或降级的)梯级,阶梯 You can use the ladder to refer to something such as a society, organization, or system which has different levels that people can progress up or drop down. [
3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](女性长筒袜或裤袜的)抽丝,脱线 A ladder is a hole or torn part in a woman's stocking or tights, where some of the vertical threads have broken, leaving only the horizontal threads. [mainly BRIT 主英]
in AM, use 美国英语用 run |
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