名詞 ladder:

1. steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
2. ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress
3. a row of unravelled stitches
   同義詞：run, ravel

動(dòng)詞 ladder:

1. come unraveled or undone as if by snagging
   同義詞：run

1. It's considered unlucky to walk under a ladder.
   從梯子下面走過(guò)被認(rèn)為是不吉利的。
2. The director made his son start on the bottom rung of the ladder as an office boy.
   董事讓他的兒子從最低級(jí)的職員做起。
3. The little boy had an unsteady footing on the ladder.
   那小孩在梯子上站得不穩(wěn)。
4. This ladder isn't very stable.
   這架梯子不太牢靠。
5. The ladder has eight rungs.
   這梯子有八級(jí)。
6. Hard work is often a ladder to success.
   發(fā)奮工作常是通向成功的階梯。

lad.der

n.（名詞）

An often portable structure consisting of two long sides crossed by parallel rungs, used to climb up and down.
梯子：一種通常是可移動(dòng)的結(jié)構(gòu)物，由長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的兩邊和兩邊平行的梯級(jí)連接組成，用于爬上爬下
Something that resembles this device, especially a run in a stocking.
抽絲：一些與這種裝置相似的東西，尤指長(zhǎng)筒襪的抽絲

A means of ascent and descent:
上或下的方式：
例句：
ascending the social ladder.
登上社會(huì)的階梯

A series of ranked stages or levels:
一系列等級(jí)或水平：
例句：
high on the executive ladder.
處于行政的最高層

v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
lad.dered,lad.der.ing,lad.ders
To run, as a stocking does.
象長(zhǎng)筒襪一樣抽絲

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old English hlôder * see klei-
源自 古英語(yǔ) hlôder *參見(jiàn) klei-