rung
noun /rʌŋ/
/rʌŋ/
- one of the bars that forms a step in a ladder
（梯子的）横档，梯级 - He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady.
他用脚踩住最底下的横档稳住梯子。 - She climbed the last few rungs of the ladder.
她爬上了梯子的最后几级。 - (figurative) to get a foot on the bottom rung of the career ladder
从事业阶梯的最低等级开始 - (figurative) She was a few rungs above him on the social ladder.
她的社会地位比他高了好几等。
词源Old English hrung (originally referring to a part of a chair); related to Dutch rong and German Runge. - He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady.
