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梯,进身的阶梯袜子抽丝,装设梯子

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ladder \Lad"der\, n. [OE. laddre, AS. hl?der, hl?dder; akin to
   OFries. hladder, OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root
   of E. lean, v. (?). See {Lean}, v. i., and cf. {Climax}.]
   1. 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.

            Some the engines play, And some, more bold, mount
            ladders to the fire.                  --Dryden.

   2. That which resembles a ladder in form or use; hence, that
      by means of which one attains to eminence.

            Lowliness is young ambition's ladder. --Shak.

   {Fish ladder}. See under {Fish}.

   {Ladder beetle} (Zo["o]l.), an American leaf beetle
      ({Chrysomela scalaris}). The elytra are silvery white,
      striped and spotted with green; the under wings are
      rose-colored. It feeds upon the linden tree.

   {Ladder handle}, an iron rail at the side of a vertical fixed
      ladder, to grasp with the hand in climbing.

   {Ladder shell} (Zo["o]l.), a spiral marine shell of the genus
      Scalaria. See {Scalaria}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

ladder
     v : come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were
         running" [syn: {run}]

ladder
     n 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; "he climbed the career ladder"
     3: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her
        stocking" [syn: {run}, {ravel}]