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单词	rung
释义	rung1 verbrung2 noun rungrung1 /rʌŋ/ verb Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Cambridge School had a bell which was never rung, which had never been rung. Nadine had rung Matthew several times recently-and always at school-to say that Rory was playing truant. Shortly after the rising bell had been rung, Ethel and Mildred were waiting anxiously outside Miss Hardbroom's door. That was what had rung the bell. There had been no more calls since the informant had rung with the news of the cocaine shipment. Wally had rung to say that it was black tie, and he'd forgotten to tell Debbie. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom rung (=of a ladder)· I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb. ► a rung of a ladder (=the part you put your foot on)· The first rung of the ladder was broken. the past participle of ring2 rung1 verbrung2 noun rungrung2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrung2 Origin: Old English hrung Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Community colleges are the bottom rung of the state's higher education ladder. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Rung by rung, she crept up the ladder. And so I decided to climb up the ladder of City College, starting at the lowest rung. As companies view for ever-larger market shares, competition seeps down to the lowliest rung on the ladder. He wagged his muddy boots, feeling uncertainly for each rung of the ladder: he had clearly been drinking already. I stand up and begin to look for the invisible rung. She eased herself down a few rungs, praying it wouldn't collapse under her. The rungs were steel knives, blades up. This is the bottom of the labor movement, eight rungs below Lynn Williams, nine rungs below Kleiman or Connerton. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► the bottom rung (=of a ladder)· I put my foot on the bottom rung and started to climb. ► a rung of a ladder (=the part you put your foot on)· The first rung of the ladder was broken. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► bottom · Once Romanov had reached the bottom rung of the fire escape, he ran to a passing tram.· It became imperative that he take hold of the bottom rung of the sinuous ladder, which he did. ► low · Should women technicians once again be relegated to a lower rung of the ladder?· And so I decided to climb up the ladder of City College, starting at the lowest rung.· On the lower rungs of the ladder of middle-class aspiration, the answer is easy.· In general, they say, it is those at the lowest rungs of the ladder that are most upset. 1one of the bars that form the steps of a ladder2informal a particular level or position in an organization or systemrung of/on Humans are on the highest rung of the evolutionary ladder.
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