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BNC: 4136 COCA: 4505

ladder

ladder /ˈlædɚ/ noun
plural ladders
ladder
/ˈlædɚ/
noun
plural ladders
Learner's definition of LADDER
[count]
: a device used for climbing that has two long pieces of wood, metal, or rope with a series of steps or rungs between them梯子
see also stepladder
: a series of steps or stages by which someone moves up to a higher or better position(晋升的)阶梯,途径
British : a long hole in a stocking : run(长筒袜的)抽丝洞

— ladder

verb, ladders; laddered; laddering British [no object]
[+ object]
BNC: 4136 COCA: 4505

ladder

noun

lad·​der ˈla-dər How to pronounce ladder (audio)
often attributive
1
: a structure for climbing up or down that consists essentially of two long sidepieces joined at intervals by crosspieces on which one may step
2
: something that resembles or suggests a ladder in form or use
especially : run sense 11a
3
: a series of usually ascending steps or stages : scale
climbing up the corporate ladder
ladderlike adjective

Example Sentences

He was moving up the corporate ladder. She worked her way up from the lowest rung on the economic ladder. She got a ladder in her stocking.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English hlǣder; akin to Old High German leitara ladder, Old English hlinian to lean — more at lean

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of ladder was before the 12th century
BNC: 4136 COCA: 4505
ladder

noun¹

1piece of equipment for climbing up sth梯子ADJECTIVE | VERB + LADDER | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVErickety快要散架的梯子metal, wooden金屬梯;木梯long, tall長梯;高梯子loft, rope閣樓爬梯;繩梯fire-escape太平梯VERB + LADDERascend, clamber up, climb, climb up, go up, mount, scale爬(上)梯子;費力地爬上梯子;攀登梯子He went up the ladder onto the deck.他沿着梯子上了甲板。come down, descend, go down沿梯而下;下梯子put up支起梯子We put up the ladder against the wall.我們把梯子靠牆支起來。fall off從梯子上掉下PREPOSITIONon a/the ladder, up a/the ladder在梯子上She was up a ladder fixing the roof.她在梯子上修理房頂。down a/the ladder在梯子下端I was standing lower down the ladder.我正站在梯子下端。ladder to通往⋯的梯子the ladder to the gallery通往樓座的梯子PHRASESthe bottom of a ladder, the foot of a ladder, the top of a ladder梯子底部;梯子頂部a rung of a ladder, a step of a ladder梯級Several of the ladder's rungs were broken.這架梯子有好幾根橫檔斷了。
ladder

noun²

2levels in a system級別ADJECTIVE | VERB + LADDER | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEeconomic, evolutionary, social經濟階梯;進化的階梯;社會階層the people at the top of the social ladder處於社會最上層的人career, corporate, promotion事業階梯;公司裏的等級;晉升的階梯housing, property (both BrE) 住房/房產階梯VERB + LADDERascend, climb, move up升遷;進步She was anxious to move up the promotion ladder.她渴望得到晉升。get onto爬上晉升階梯PREPOSITIONhigher up the ladder在較高層級creatures higher up the evolutionary ladder處於進化較高階段的生物lower down the ladder在較低層級ladder of⋯的階梯the ladder of fame成名的階梯ladder to通向⋯的階梯His good looks helped him on the ladder to success.他的英俊長相幫助他踏上了成功的階梯。PHRASESget one foot on the ladder, have one foot on the ladder (both especially BrE) 踏上⋯階梯He finally managed to get one foot on the career ladder.他終於成功地踏上了事業進步的階梯。a rung on the ladder, a step on the ladder晉升階梯上的一級the old problem of how to get onto the first step on the ladder如何踏上晉升階梯的第一步這一老問題

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