| 单词 | climb |
| 释义 | climb (once / 93 pages) vn To climb is to go higher. When you ascend a mountain, you climb it, and when a song rises in popularity, it climbs the charts. To climb something generally takes hard work, which is clear when you watch a toddler climb a jungle gym or a mountaineer climb a sheer rock wall. You can also climb things metaphorically, like when a soldier climbs the ranks from corporal to major. Prices can climb too, when they get higher, and you can climb a social ladder when you meet well-connected people at parties. The Germanic root is klimban, "go up by clinging." WORD FAMILYclimb: climbable, climbed, climber, climbing, climbs+/climbable: unclimbable/climber: climbers, semi-climber/climbing: climbings, semi-climbing USAGE EXAMPLESSunday showed a “lone individual” climbing the mountain, scaling the sign’s ladders and hanging tarpaulins over the O’s to change them to E’s, said Sgt. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) The climb to the top appears as steep as ever. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The quarterback climbed to his feet and limped back to the huddle. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1v go up or advance Sales were climbing after prices were lowered Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper mount, rise, wax wane become smaller jump increase suddenly and significantly advance, gainrise in rate or price increase become bigger or greater in amount 2v go upward with gradual or continuous progress Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? Syn|Hypo|Hyper climb up, go up, mount scale climb up by means of a ladder escaladeclimb up and over rampcreep up -- used especially of plants mountaineerclimb mountains for pleasure as a sport rideclimb up on the body arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise move upward 3v move with difficulty, by grasping Hypo|Hyper clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4v slope upward The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill Hyper incline, pitch, slope be at an angle 5v increase in value or to a higher point prices climbed steeply Syn|Hypo|Hyper go up, rise soar go or move upward bulladvance in price grow become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain 6v improve one's social status This young man knows how to climb the social ladder Hyper advance, come along, come on, get along, get on, progress, shape up develop in a positive way 7n an upward slope or grade (as in a road) Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper acclivity, ascent, raise, rise, upgrade declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall a downward slope or bend uphill the upward slope of a hill incline, side, slope an elevated geological formation 8n an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) Syn|Hyper climbing, mounting ascension, ascent, rise, rising a movement upward 9n the act of climbing something it was a difficult climb to the top Syn|Hypo|Hyper mount scaling ascent by or as if by a ladder clamberan awkward climb mountain climbing, mountaineeringthe activity of climbing a mountain rock climbingthe sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) escaladean act of scaling by the use of ladders (especially the walls of a fortification) Alpinismmountain climbing (not restricted to the Alps) ascending, ascension, ascent, rise the act of changing location in an upward direction |
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