ladder

梯子、梯

He climbed the ladder to clean the gutters on the roof.

他爬上梯子清理屋頂的排水溝。

階梯、晉升途徑

She worked her way up the corporate ladder in five years.

她在五年內一路爬上公司的升遷階梯。

排名、名次表

The team dropped three places down the ladder after losing.

球隊輸球後在排名上掉了三名。

抽絲英式

There's a ladder in my tights just above the knee.

我的褲襪在膝蓋上方抽絲了。

抽絲、脫線英式

Her stockings laddered as she brushed against the desk.

她的絲襪擦到桌子時抽絲了。