rung

• n. 橫檔，腳蹬橫木；地位
• v. 給…打電話（ring的過去式和過去分詞）
• n. (Rung)人名；(泰、柬、瑞典)龍；(芬、德、匈)龍格

來自古英語 hrung,橫杆，擋板。後用於指梯子的橫檔，梯級。

rung (n.)

Old English hrung "rod, bar," from Proto-Germanic *khrungo (cognates: Middle Low German runge, Old High German runga "stake, stud, stave," German Runge "stake, stud, stave," Middle Dutch ronghe, Dutch rong "rung," Gothic hrugga "staff"), of unknown origin with no connections outside Germanic. Sense in English narrowed to "round or stave of a ladder" (first attested late 13c.), but usage of cognate words remains more general in other Germanic languages.

This [rungs] has generally been considered as a mere corruption of rounds; and people of education use only this latter word. [John Pickering, "A Vocabulary or Collection of Words and Phrases which have been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America," Boston, 1816]

1. She had rung off before he could press her for an answer.

他還沒來得及催她回答，她就掛斷了電話。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She'd rung up to discuss the divorce.

她打過電話來協商離婚事宜。

來自柯林斯例句

3. She has rung home just once.

她隻給家裏打了一次電話。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He put his foot on the bottom rung to keep the ladder steady.

他用腳踩住最底下的橫檔穩住梯子。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Hold the ladder tightly and move up a rung at a time.

抓緊梯子一級一級地往上爬.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》