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登天梯(3 / 4)

”、“得不偿失”、“划不来”的意思。

ajacobsladderisaladdermadeofropeorcable,usuallywithwoodenrungs.itisdroppedoverthesideofashiptoenablepeopletoascendfromordescendtosmallboatsalongside.harborpilotsusuallycomeaboardviaajacobsladder.

thejacobsladdergetsitsnamefromanincidentinthebookofgenesis(28:12).thepatriarchjacobfallsasleepandtheavision:“andhedreamed,andbeholdaladdersetupontheearth,andhetopofitreachedtoheaven;andbeholdtheangelsofgodascendinganddescendingonit.”

jacobsladderhasbeenusedinatleasttwootherquiteearthlymeanings.asmallplantwithaflower-and-leafformationresemblingaladderbearsthisname.inengland,alsowhatweamericanscall“runs”inhosierywereformerlycalledjacobsladders.nowadaystheyaresimplyladders.

jacobsladder可以登天,所以美国黑社会的thieveslatin(盗贼的

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