rung

英 [rʌŋ]

美 [rʌŋ]

n.  (梯子的)横档，梯级
v.  包围; 环绕; 给…戴上金属环(以便将来辨认); 绕…画圆; 把…圈起来
v.  给…打电话; 发出铃声; (使)发出钟声，响起铃声
ring的过去分词

复数：rungs　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.18593 / COCA.13893

牛津词典

noun

• （梯子的）横档，梯级
  one of the bars that forms a step in a ladder
  1. 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。
  2. to get a foot on the bottom rung of the career ladder
     从事业阶梯的最低等级开始
  3. She was a few rungs above him on the social ladder.
     她的社会地位比他高了好几等。

柯林斯词典

• 
  Rungis the past participle ofring.
• N-COUNT 梯级;横档
  Therungson a ladder are the wooden or metal bars that form the steps.
  1. I swung myself onto the ladder and felt for the next rung.
     我纵身跳到梯子上，摸索着下一根横档。
• N-COUNT (事业、组织、进程中的)级别，等级，地位
  If you reach a particularrungin your career, in an organization, or in a process, you reach that level in it.
  1. I first worked with him in 1971 when we were both on the lowest rung of our careers...
     我第一次和他共事是在1971年，那时我们的事业都刚刚起步。
  2. There has never been a better time to get on the first rung of the property ladder.
     迈出置业第一步的最佳时机莫过于此。

英英释义

noun

• one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
  Synonym:rundlespoke
• a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
  Synonym:roundstave

双语例句

• He told me that my brother had rung me twice this morning.
  他告诉我我弟弟今天上午给我来过两次电话。
• Even the bell in Independence Hall was rung.
  甚至连独立大厅的钟也敲响了。
• If only the alarm clock had rung.
  当时闹钟响了，就好了。
• There has never been a better time to get on the first rung of the property ladder.
  迈出置业第一步的最佳时机莫过于此。
• The school bell having rung, the students dashed out of the classroom.
  校钟响了，学生们便冲出了教室。
• Well, we've cleared the field and rung the bell.
  是这样，我们已经清扫了战场还敲响了铃当。
• The curtain was rung up on a new epoch in our history.
  我国历史上一个新纪元的序幕揭开了。
• Your wife has rung you twice since lunch time.
  午饭后你太太已给你来过两次电话了。
• Apes have climbed to the top rung of the weekend box office.
  《猿族崛起》登上了上周票房榜的首位。
• I first worked with him in 1971 when we were both on the lowest rung of our careers
  我第一次和他共事是在1971年，那时我们的事业都刚刚起步。