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单词 climbing perches
释义

climb /klīm/

intransitive verb or transitive verb (pat and pap climbed)
  1. To ascend or mount by clutching with the hands and feet
  2. To ascend with difficulty
  3. To mount
  4. (of plants) to ascend by clinging to other objects, by means of hooks, tendrils, twining stems, or otherwise
  5. Extended to similar downward movement (to climb down)
noun
  1. An act of climbing
  2. An ascent
ORIGIN: OE climban; cf Ger klimmen; clamber, cleave2

climbˈable adjective

climbˈer noun

  1. Someone or something that climbs
  2. A person who is intent upon his or her own social advancement
  3. An old-fashioned name for a bird whose feet are mainly adapted for climbing
  4. A climbing plant (botany)

climbˈing noun and adjective

climbing boy noun

Formerly, a small boy employed by a chimney-sweep to climb chimneys

climbˈing-frame noun

A wooden or metal structure on or through which children can climb

climbing iron noun

A metal frame with a horizontal spike, worn strapped to the feet as an aid in climbing trees, telegraph poles, etc

climbing perch noun

A small edible freshwater fish native to Asia and Africa with a respiratory organ above the gills enabling it to breathe air and move over land

climbing wall noun

A wall, specially constructed with hand and foot holds for practising mountaineering and rock-climbing techniques

climb down

  1. To become more humble
  2. To abandon a firmly stated opinion or resolve, or an excessive or overweening demand, position or attitude (climbˈ-down noun)

climb the walls (informal)

To be in a state of high anxiety

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