| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_to-move-onto-or-towards-the-top-of-something |
| 释义 | to move onto or towards the top of somethingThese words mean to move onto or towards the top of something using your hands, legs, or feet. One of the most common words for this is climb. You can climb something using only your legs, or your legs and arms. Climb is sometimes used with up. It was an effort to climb the stairs. She had always dreamed of climbing Mount Everest. He climbed up the ladder. Ascend is a formal word that has the same meaning as climb. It can also be used to refer to going higher up in the sky. She ascended the podium and began to speak. We will ascend the summit tomorrow. The plane ascended to 18,000 feet. When you scale something, you climb up a very steep surface and usually reach the top. He claims to have scaled every peak of the Himalayas. The prisoners scaled the jail walls and escaped. People who climb mountains for sport go climbing or go mountaineering. The conditions were so poor that we couldn't go climbing as planned. She goes mountaineering on weekends with a club. Mount can be used for things that you climb onto, and especially to ride, such as a horse or a motorcycle. The cowboy mounted his horse and rode off into the sunset. The opposite of mount is dismount. She reined the horse to a stop and dismounted. Clamber and scramble mean to climb with difficulty, often using your hands and feet. Scramble is used when you climb or move over something quickly. Both clamber and scramble are usually followed by an adverb or preposition. We clambered over the boulders. He clambered into the rowing boat. We scrambled up the rock face. If you climb something vertical such as a tree using your hands and legs, you shin up it, or, in US English, shinny up it. I watched him shin up the old chestnut tree. USShe shinnied up the drainpipe. |
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