阶[jiē] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 阶(階、堦)[jiē]
- 名词- （台阶） steps; stairs:
stone stairs;石阶
a flight of steps台阶
- （等级） rank:military rank军阶
- {医} （耳蜗的三个螺旋管的任一个） scala:scala media中阶
- {数} order:non-integral order;非整数阶
order of a matrix矩阵的阶
- {地质} stage:Valentian stage;瓦伦特阶
Werfenian stage韦尔芬阶
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
The disease is still in its primary stage.
The game is now in its final stages.
Negotiations were at a crucial stage.
The technique is still at the experimental stage.
He slipped on the slimy steps.
The broad steps in front of the mansion made it look very dignified.
He stepped on the mossy front steps and looked into the house.
The metal basin clattered down the stone stairs.
阶的其他解释: