Ladder
['lædə] or ['lædɚ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down.
(noun.) ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress; 'he climbed the career ladder'.
(verb.) come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; 'Her nylons were running'.
校對:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) A frame usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened cross strips or rounds forming steps.
(v. i.) That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that by means of which one attains to eminence.
卡梅拉校對
解釋/意思:
n. a frame made with steps placed between two upright pieces by which one may ascend a building &c.: anything by which one ascends: a gradual rise.
整理:凯瑟琳
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of a ladder being raised for you to ascend to some height, your energetic and nervy qualifications will raise you into prominence in business affairs. To ascend a ladder, means prosperity and unstinted happiness. To fall from one, denotes despondency and unsuccessful transactions to the tradesman, and blasted crops to the farmer. To see a broken ladder, betokens failure in every instance. To descend a ladder, is disappointment in business, and unrequited desires. To escape from captivity, or confinement, by means of a ladder, you will be successful, though many perilous paths may intervene. To grow dizzy as you ascend a ladder, denotes that you will not wear new honors serenely. You are likely to become haughty and domineering in your newly acquired position. See Hill, Ascend, or Fall.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Your money would have held out for that, and there would have been a surer ladder before you. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As soon as you have finished getting the apples, her aunt said, descending the ladder, come down, and we'll go for the holly. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- This was followed by the plank leading from a lower to a higher level, by the ladder, and finally by the stairway. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Then she went up the ladder, lamp in hand, and came down again, and glided about and about, making a little bundle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I followed still, up a very narrow staircase to the attics, and thence by a ladder and through a trap-door to the roof of the hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- So she would, said Andy; but can't ye see through a ladder, ye black nigger? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I am of a fair size, but could not have the honour of presenting myself in that room without a ladder. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus is carried. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As no ladders could reach the great heights, the men swung themselves down from balustrades and the capitals of pilasters by ropes, to do this work. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- These outlaws have indeed a daring captain; but without machines, scaling ladders, and experienced leaders, my castle may defy them. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The ladders are thrown down, replied Rebecca, shuddering; the soldiers lie grovelling under them like crushed reptiles--The besieged have the better. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I found they had already applied ladders to the walls of the apartment, and were well provided with buckets, but the water was at some distance. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
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