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ladder



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英語 > 日本語
ladder
     1. 梯子
英語 > 英語
ladder
     1. n. A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
     2. n. (figuratively) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
     3. n. (figuratively) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
     4. n. (chiefly Britain) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
     5. n. In the game of go, a sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.
     6. v. To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
     7. v. (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
     8. v. Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
           Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!
日本語 > 英語
梯子
     1. n. ladder
           はしごを使って塀に登った。 - (We) used the ladder to climb over the fence.
     2. n. ladder

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例文

You went up the ladder on the force, and I didn't.
Now I have to rig up this ladder.
If he was fit for any other position in the church, he'd be something other than what he is, but an affinity for alcohol and parish wives has relegated him to the lowest rung of the ecclesiastical ladder.



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