Ladder

(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'.

校对:劳伦斯

• Your money would have held out for that, and there would have been a surer ladder before you. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• As soon as you have finished getting the apples, her aunt said, descending the ladder, come down, and we'll go for the holly. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• This was followed by the plank leading from a lower to a higher level, by the ladder, and finally by the stairway. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Then she went up the ladder, lamp in hand, and came down again, and glided about and about, making a little bundle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• 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. 简·爱.
• So she would, said Andy; but can't ye see through a ladder, ye black nigger? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I am of a fair size, but could not have the honour of presenting myself in that room without a ladder. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus is carried. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• 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. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• These outlaws have indeed a daring captain; but without machines, scaling ladders, and experienced leaders, my castle may defy them. 沃尔特·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. 沃尔特·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. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

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