单词 | clamber |
释义 | clamber (klæmbəʳ ) Word forms: clambers , clambering , clambered verb If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet. They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove. [VERB preposition/adverb] Clambering over sackfuls of lemons, Boris tried to find a way out. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: climb, scale, scramble, claw Collocations: clamber back When she had finished and clambered back into the bathing machine it would be winched back up the beach with a steel cable. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Sometimes we walk along the towpath or, if the lock is a bit far, we clamber back on board. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But as he clambered back down the ladder he dropped the fish, injuring it. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Translations: Chinese: 爬手脚并用,费劲地 Japanese: よじ登る |
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