English Dictionary

ladder

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈladə/

動詞

イギリス英語 俗語

To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder. / (chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder. / Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

日本語の意味

はしご状に配置または形作ること / （主に消防で）はしごを用いて建物や壁などを上昇すること / 編み物において、切れた糸によりはしご状の欠損や穴が発生する現象

Please ladder the planks across the supports to form a stable walkway.

支えの上に板をはしご状に並べて、安定した通路を作ってください。

意味（1）

To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.

And employing the innate gift for mimicry he'd always had – a gift which had made his father roar with laughter even when he was tired and feeling down – Jack 'did' Morgan Sloat. Age fell into his face as he laddered his brow the way Uncle Morgan's brow laddered into lines when he was pissed off about something.

意味（2）

(chiefly firefighting) To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.

The Rochdale climber spoken of once fell 70 feet from a mill at Linfitts, owing to an accident while he was laddering. He was terribly hurt, but recovered, and still carries on his trade with unshaken nerve.

意味（3）

Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.

Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!

意味（4）

(UK, naval slang) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.

For eighteen minutes Revenge pounded the dockyard area at an average range of 15,700 yards, spreading for line and laddering for range to a prearranged plan to cover the whole target area.

ladders （ present singular third-person ）

laddering （ participle present ）

laddered （ participle past ）

laddered （ past ）