单词 | clambering |
释义 | clamberingn. The action of clamber v.2 ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling > clambering clamberingc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 79 Clamerynge or clymynge, repcio. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Aggrappamento..a clammering. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 336 Though it be hard clambring thither, and hard holding there. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §23. 163 I had two hours' clambering over the mountains before breakfast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). clamberingadj. That clambers, in various senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing > clambering clambering1685 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [adjective] > great or considerable higheOE steepOE heaven-highOE highlyOE brentc1400 hightc1480 hichty1513 procere1542 tall1548 spiringa1552 towereda1552 tower-like1552 upstretched1563 airy1565 excelse1569 haughty1570 topless1589 lofty1590 procerous1599 kiss-sky1603 skyish1604 topful?1611 aspiringc1620 sky-high1622 hiddy1632 tiptoed1632 sublime1635 towering1638 soaring1687 mountain high1693 clamberinga1717 skied1730 towery1731 pyramidic1740 skyey1750 skyward1792 skyscraping1797 exulting1798 high-reaching1827 steepling1892 high-rise1964 hi1972 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [adjective] > climbing, spreading, or creeping running1548 spreading1560 flat1578 ramping1578 wandering1590 upcreeping1611 gadding1638 rambling1653 obsequious1657 reptant1657 scansive1657 scansory1657 procumbent1668 repent1669 scandenta1682 supine1686 scrambling1688 creeping1697 sarmentous1721 reptile1727 sarmentose1760 prostrate1773 trailing1785 decumbent1789 travelling1822 vagrant1827 sarmentaceous1830 humifuse1854 sarmentiferous1858 amphibryous1866 humistratous1880 climbing1882 clambering1883 c1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1721 As alle þe clamberande clyffes hade clatered on hepes. 1685 H. More Illustr. Daniel & Revelation 93 The clambring nature of the Goat. a1717 T. Parnell Gift of Poetry (R.) No clambering mountains make my lover stay. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 78 View the clamb'ring goats ascend. 1883 G. Allen in Knowledge 31 Aug. 129/1 The most clambering species of pea-flowers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440adj.c1340 |
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