English-Thai Dictionary

ladder

N การ ไต่เต้า  การ พยายาม ขึ้นไป ใน ตำแหน่ง ที่สูง กว่า  kan-tai-tao

 

ladder

N บันได  สิ่ง ที่ มี ลักษณะ คล้าย บันได  stairway step-stool ban-dai

 

ladder back

N พนักพิง ของ เก้าอี้ เป็น ตา ขั้นบันได 

 

ladder truck

N รถดับเพลิง (ที่ มี บันได ยาวๆ  hook and truck rod-dub-prang

 

ladder truck

N รถดับเพลิง ที่ มี บันได ยาว 

 

ladder-back chair

N เก้าอี้ ที่ มี พนักพิง เป็น เสา สอง เสา ใน แนวตั้ง และ มี ไม้ ขวาง ใน แนวนอน  เก้าอี้ ที่ มี พนักพิง ที่ มี ลักษณะ คล้าย ขั้นบันได  kao-i-ti-me-pa-nak-ping-pen-sao-song-sao-nai-naeo-tang-lae-me-mai-kwang-nai-naeo-non

 

ladderman

N นัก ผจญ เพลิง  firefighter nak-pa-jon-prong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LADDER

n. 1. A frame of wood, consisting of two side pieces, connected by rounds inserted in them at suitable distances, and thus forming steps, by which persons may ascend a building, etc.
2. That by which a person ascends or rises; means of ascending; as a ladder made of cords.
Lowliness is young ambition's ladder.
3. Gradual rise; elevation.
Mounting fast towards the top of the ladder ecclesiastical.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LADDER

Lad "der, n. Etym: [OE. laddre, AS. hl, hl; akin to OFries. hladder,OHG. leitara, G. leiter, and from the root of E. lean, v. (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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), a spiral marine shell of the genus Scalaria. See Scalaria.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ladder

lad der |ˈladər ˈlædər | ▶noun 1 a structure consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something. • a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may advance or progress: employees on their way up the career ladder. 2 Brit. (in tights or stockings ) a run. ▶verb Brit. (with reference to tights or stockings ) develop or cause to develop a run. ORIGIN Old English hlǣd (d )er, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leiter .

 

ladder-back

lad der-back (also ladder-back chair ) ▶noun an upright chair with a back resembling a ladder.

 

ladder stitch

lad der stitch ▶noun a stitch in embroidery consisting of transverse bars.

 

ladder tournament

lad der tour na ment ▶noun a sporting contest in which the participants are listed in ranking order and can move up by defeating the contestant above.

 

laddertron

laddertron |ˈladətrɒn | ▶noun a device used to carry charge to the terminals of some electrostatic accelerators, consisting of a series of metal bars joined at each end by non-conducting links to form a closed loop. ORIGIN 1970s: from ladder + -tron .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ladder

lad ¦der |ˈladə | ▶noun 1 a piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something. • a series of ascending stages by which someone or something may progress: employees on their way up the career ladder. 2 Brit. a vertical strip of unravelled fabric in tights or stockings. ▶verb Brit. (with reference to tights or stockings ) develop or cause to develop a ladder: (as adj. laddered ) : her tights were always laddered | [ no obj. ] : they laddered the minute I put them on. ORIGIN Old English hlǣd (d )er, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch leer and German Leiter .

 

ladder-back

ladder-back (also ladder-back chair ) ▶noun an upright chair with a back resembling a ladder.

 

ladder stitch

lad ¦der stitch ▶noun [ mass noun ] a stitch in embroidery consisting of transverse bars.

 

ladder tournament

lad der tour na ment ▶noun a sporting contest in which the participants are listed in ranking order and can move up by defeating the contestant above.

 

laddertron

laddertron |ˈladətrɒn | ▶noun a device used to carry charge to the terminals of some electrostatic accelerators, consisting of a series of metal bars joined at each end by non-conducting links to form a closed loop. ORIGIN 1970s: from ladder + -tron .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

ladder

ladder noun 1 she climbed down the ladder: steps, set of steps; rope ladder, stepladder, extension ladder. 2 the academic ladder: hierarchy, scale, grading, ranking, pecking order.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

ladder

ladder noun I began to edge my way up the academic ladder: hierarchy, scale, set of stages, stratification, pecking order, grading, ranking, spectrum.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

ladder

lad der /lǽdə r /〖語源は 「立てかける (lean )もの 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 はしご (!はしごの横木はrung ) ▸ lean a ladder against the wall 壁にはしごを立てかける ▸ climb [move ] up [down ] the ladder はしごを上る [下りる ]2 〖単数形で 〗(社会制度の )階段 ; 手段 , 道 ▸ the social ladder 社会の (出世 )階段 ▸ climb (up ) [work one's way up ] the ladder of success 出世の階段を登る ▸ at the top of the ladder (組織で )最高の地位で 3 ｟英 ｠(ストッキングなどの )伝線 (｟米 ｠run )▸ get a ladder in one's tights タイツが伝線する 4 ｟主に英 ｠(スカッシュ テニスなどの )順位配列選手リスト (によるトーナメント )(ladder tournament ).動詞 自動詞 他動詞 ｟英 ｠(〈ストッキングなど 〉が [を ])伝線する [させる ](｟米 ｠run ).～́ tr ù ck はしご車 .