单词 | ladder |
释义 | Word Frequency ladder(ˈlædə) noun 1. a portable framework of wood, metal, rope, etc, in the form of two long parallel members connected by several parallel rungs or steps fixed to them at right angles, for climbing up or down 2. any hierarchy conceived of as having a series of ascending stages, levels, etc the social ladder 3. a. anything resembling a ladder b. (as modifier) ladder stitch 4. Also called: run mainly British a line of connected stitches that have come undone in knitted material, esp stockings 5. ladder tournament verb 6. mainly British to cause a line of interconnected stitches in (stockings, etc) to undo, as by snagging, or (of a stocking) to come undone in this way Word origin Old English hlǣdder; related to Old High German leitara |
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