ladder
- IPA[ˈladə]
英式
- a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.;a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may progress
- (with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder
noun: ladder, plural noun: ladders
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.
- ▪ a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may progress employees on their way up the career ladder
- 2. British a vertical strip of unravelled fabric in tights or stockings one of Sally's stockings developed a ladder
動詞
- 1. British (with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder I laddered my tights as I arrived this morning the first time I put them on, one of the stockings laddered