rung

• n. トランザム、フットスツール トランザム; ステータス
• v.鳴らす（ringの過去形?過去分詞）
• n. （ルン）人の名前；（タイ語、カンボジア語、スウェーデン語）ドラゴン；（フィンランド語、ドイツ語、ハンガリー語）ランガー

古英語のhrung（横木、栓）から。後に梯子の段を指すようになった。

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.

彼は彼女に返事を催促する暇もなく、彼女は電話を切った。

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

彼女は電話で離婚について相談したことがある。

3.She has rung home just once.

彼女は家に電話をかけたのは1回だけだった。

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

彼は足で一番下の横枠を踏んで梯子を安定させた。

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

はしごをつかんで1段1段登っていく。