ladder
noun uk/ˈlæd.ər/ us/ˈlæd.ɚ/
(EQUIPMENT)
B1 [ C ]梯子
a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, that consists of two vertical bars or pieces of rope joined to each other by a set of horizontal steps
She was up a ladder, cleaning the window. 她站在梯子上擦窗子。
- More examples
- Getting up the ladder was easy enough - it was coming down that was the problem.
- The ladder won't quite reach the top of the wall.
- My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder.
- That ladder doesn't look safe.
- One of the steps on the ladder is broken.
(SERIES OF STAGES)
C1 [ S ]（职位晋升的）阶梯；（发展的）阶段
a series of increasingly important jobs or stages in a particular type of work or process
Once he started at Paramount in 1967, he moved rapidly up the corporate ladder. 1967年他开始在派拉蒙电影公司工作，此后他在公司里升得很快。
a first rung/step on the employment ladder 职场的第一个台阶
(HOLE)
[ C ] UK (US run)（紧身裤袜或长筒袜的）抽丝，滑丝
a long, vertical hole in a pair of tights or a stocking
(COMPETITION)
[ C ] mainly UK (also ladder tournament)（某项体育比赛采用的）阶梯晋级赛
(in particular sports) a system in which all the players who play regularly are given a position in a list and can improve their position by beating other players in that list
a squash ladder 壁球阶梯晋级赛
ladder
verb [ I or T ] UK uk/ˈlæd.ər/ us/ˈlæd.ɚ/
(US run)（紧身衣、袜子）抽丝；被刮破
If a pair of tights or a stocking ladders or if you ladder it, a long hole appears in it.
Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today! 真该死！我今天换上的第二双长筒袜也刮破了。