rung

noun

1. （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。

1. 
   Rung is the past participle of ring .
2. N-COUNT 梯级;横档
   The rungs on 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。
3. N-COUNT (事业、组织、进程中的)级别，等级，地位
   If you reach a particular rung in 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。

1. She has rung home just once
   她只给家里打了一次电话。
2. Cecil wasn't there, having rung in to say he was taking the day off.
   塞西尔不在单位，他已经打电话请假了。
3. She had rung off before he could press her for an answer.
   他还没来得及催她回答，她就挂断了电话。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. She'd rung up to discuss the divorce
   她打过电话来协商离婚事宜。
8. The teacher was still holding forth after the bell had rung.
   下课铃打了，老师还在滔滔不绝地拖堂。
9. He is devoted to educating the younger generation, and content to be, so to speak, a rung of the human ladder.
   他甘当人梯，培养青年一代。
10. Each achieved rung on the career ladder gives him a different perspective or view of his craft.
    事业上达到的每一个台阶都让他对其技艺有了不同的观点或看法。
11. This is the fourth time she's rung you in a week.
    这是她一周内第四次给你打电话。
12. 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。
13. We've rung him several times but, troublingly, there's never been any reply.
    我们已给他打了几次电话，但令人担心的是，没有任何回音。
14. John's rung in sick again.
    约翰又打电话来说生病了。
15. 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。
16. I'd rung up beforehand to book a tale.
    我已预先打电话订了一张桌子。
17. 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。
18. I thought the bell had already rung.
    我以为吃饭铃早打了。
19. Even the bell in Independence Hall was rung.
    甚至连独立大厅的钟也敲响了。
20. He has rung you up for a date.
    他打电话跟你约会。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. 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。
24. He started as a young man in the car industry and now he's on the top rung.
    他年轻时开始在汽车行业工作，现在达到了事业的顶峰。
25. She had rung up Emily and had told her all about it.
    她已经给埃米莉挂过电话，把一切都告诉了她。
26. If only the alarm clock had rung.
    当时闹钟响了，就好了。
27. The bell had rung before we finished our lunch.
    我们在吃完饭前铃就响了。
28. Now I've rung you up to say that I haven't a dog.
    现在我给你打电话说，我没有狗。
29. It was a mistake. I realized it as soon as I had rung them.
    我犯了个错误。刚给他们打完电话我就意识到了。
30. I think these items have been rung up wrongly on the till.
    我想这些商品在收银机上算错了。

noun

1. one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

   Synonym:    rundlespoke

2. a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

   Synonym:    roundstave