ladder
n
1 structure for climbing up and down sth, consisting of two upright lengths of wood, metal or rope joined to each other by crossbars (rungs) used as steps 梯子. =>illus 見(jiàn)插圖.
2 (US run) fault in a stocking, etc where some stitches have come undone, causing a vertical ladder-like flaw (長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)襪等的)梯形裂縫, 抽絲.
3 (fig 比喻) series of stages by which a person may advance in his career, etc (事業(yè)等發(fā)跡、 進(jìn)身、 晉升等的)階梯, 途徑, 門路
climbing the ladder of success 攀登成功的階梯
He is still on the bottom rung of the political ladder. 他尚處?kù)墩坞A梯的最低一級(jí). ladder, v
(a) [I] (of stockings, etc) develop a ladder(2)(指長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)襪等)出現(xiàn)梯形裂縫, 抽絲
Have you any tights that won't ladder? 有沒(méi)有不易抽絲的褲襪?
(b) [Tn] cause (stockings, etc) to develop a ladder 使(長(zhǎng)統(tǒng)襪等)出現(xiàn)梯形裂縫, 抽絲
She laddered her new tights climbing the fence. 她爬越籬笆時(shí)把她的褲襪給勾得抽了絲.
No? Then, Antonio, be ready. And Shylock, take your knife and prepare to do the deed.
不能撕?那么,安東尼奧,你做好準(zhǔn)備;夏洛克,拿起你的刀子準(zhǔn)備割肉吧。
Kunta had been seized in the forest and then hit on the head with a hard object.
孔塔在森林里被抓住以后,他的頭部就被一個(gè)硬的東西打了一下。
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