单词 | climbing |
释义 | climbingn. 1. The action of climb v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [noun] > climbing or scaling climbing1487 scalinga1513 scansion1654 speel1807 rib riding1920 the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] > rise in prosperity, power, or rank risinga1393 uprising1430 climbing1487 makinga1500 rise1608 aggrandizement1738 uprise1810 society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > elevation or exaltation in rank > by continued effort climbing1487 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) x. 595 The crag wes hye..And the clymbyng rycht perelus. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. hv Ascencion or clymyng in the tree of Grace. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. i. 102 [He] bought his climbing very deare. View more context for this quotation 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud i. xv, in Maud & Other Poems 8 Maud with her venturous climbings and tumbles. 1929 Times Lit. Suppl. 18 July 568/4 The ‘events’ of the season one cannot afford to miss, the ‘right’ charities to assist—in fact, the whole art of climbing. 2. Cat burgling. Also attributive. Thieves' slang. Cf. climb n. 3. ΚΠ 1900 ‘J. Flynt’ & ‘F. Walton’ Powers that Prey 194 You'se too young to do climbin'. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Apr. 1/7 Owing to his skill in climbing he was known as ‘the cat burglar’. 1965 New Statesman 30 July 152/1 The climbing game must be good. CompoundsGeneral attributive. C1. Of aircraft (cf. climb v. 5a and climb n. 2). climbing angle n. ΚΠ 1933 Jrnl. Royal Aeronaut. Soc. 37 2 An effective landing run of at least 2,500 ft. is required in eight directions..taking the gliding and climbing angle as 10 : 1. climbing speed n. ΚΠ 1913 C. Grahame-White Aviation 199 The Cody biplane..was able to ascend from the ground at a ‘climbing’ speed of 285 feet per minute. 1935 C. Day Lewis Time to Dance & Other Poems 57 It is using currents of air to waft your wings And adverse ranges for test of climbing-speed. climbing turn n. ΚΠ 1935 P. W. F. Mills Elem. Pract. Flying vi. 91 Climbing turns do not normally permit of great steepness. C2. climbing frame n. a structure, usually of pipes joined together, for children to climb on. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > other toys > [noun] > climbing frame jungle gym1923 climbing frame1929 scramble net1944 1929 S. Isaacs Nursery Years vi. 68 A firmly built wooden frame with horizontal rods to climb on and hang from... Several of these things, such as the see-saw, the ladders, and the climbing frame are more easily arranged for by the Nursery School. 1960 Guardian 24 Feb. 11/2 A climbing frame for the enterprising young. Draft additions January 2009 climbing skin n. Skiing a strip of sealskin or other material attached to the underside of a ski to prevent a skier slipping backwards during climbing; usually in plural; = skin n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > ski > parts or attachments binding1911 skin1924 climbing skin1931 1931 Trail & Timberline Dec. 200 (advt.) Skiers—expert and amateur—will find every need provided for at Whitney's... Ski boots, pants, blouses and imported sox; ‘Cheva’ climbing skins; imported waxes. 1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xvi. 123 The back room, damp and musty with stored rugs and climbing skins. 2006 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 10 Mar. d7/1 Ice axes, climbing ropes.., white-water rescue throw bags, climbing skins for skis and waterproof bags are mandatory. Draft additions June 2015 climbing wall n. (originally) an exercise apparatus in the form of a vertical structure with hand and foot holds for climbing; (now) spec. a wall in a sports centre, gymnasium, etc., designed to develop climbing skills, and fitted with attachment points for ropes and projections to simulate holds on a rock face. ΚΠ 1867 E. G. Ravenstein & J. Hulley Gymnasium & its Fittings 23 The climbing wall may be made on a more or less extensive scale, according to the means at command. 1929 F. L. Oktavec Professional Educ. Teachers in Prussia iv. 39 Practical activities included the use of..fencing apparatus, swimming apparatus, climbing mast, climbing wall, climbing rope and the double ladder. 1943 Jrnl. Health & Physical Educ. Jan. 29/1 Equipment..built for the new Safety Skills course... One 8' climbing wall three inches thick, built from scrap lumber. 1978 W. R. Neate Mountaineering & its Lit. 43/1 The great demand in outdoor pursuits after 1945 led to the development of artificial climbing walls. 2010 Trail Spring 41/3 Anyone can improve climbing strength with regular trips to the climbing wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). climbingadj. a. That climbs, in the senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing climbing1561 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > rising gradually climbing1561 society > society and the community > social class > [adjective] > elevation or exaltation in rank > relating to the rise by continued effort climbing1561 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > aspiration or ambition > [adjective] > ambitious > for honour or rank ambitiousc1384 climbing1561 glorious1609 timocratic1852 timocratical1871 the world > the universe > heavenly body > movement of heavenly bodies > [adjective] > rising > towards zenith ascendant1594 climbing1801 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 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii Gredy lust doth raise the clymbynge minde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) iv. ii. 11 Leane Famine, quartering Steele, and climbing Fire. View more context for this quotation 1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 62 This climbing and presuming spirit. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba I. iii. 124 The dews had ceased to steam Towards the climbing Sun. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 863 The interpretation of the phenomena of climbing plants. b. in many names of plants, as climbing buck-wheat ( Polygonum convolvulus), climbing fern ( Lygodium palmatum), climbing fumitory ( Corydalis claviculata), climbing palm ( Desmoncus macracanthos), climbing rose, climbing sailor ( Linaria cymbalaria), etc. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > climbing fumitory hen's foot1578 climbing fumitory1670 the world > plants > particular plants > ferns > [noun] > other ferns mountain parsley1578 female fern1597 rock parsley1597 spleenwort1597 marsh fern1686 prickly fern1764 parsley fern1777 sensitive fern1780 lady fern1783 stone-brake1796 mountain fern1800 rock brake1802 walking leaf1811 todea1813 shield-fern1814 Woodsia1815 mangemange1817 cinnamon fern1818 climbing fern1818 bladder-fern1828 king fern1829 filmy fern1830 ostrich fern1833 New York fern1843 mokimoki1844 rhizocarp1852 film-fern1855 nardoo1860 gymnogram1861 holly-fern1861 limestone-polypody1861 elk-horn1865 Gleichenia1865 lizard's herb1866 cliff brake1867 kidney fern1867 Christmas fern1873 Prince of Wales feathers1873 Christmas shield fern1878 buckler-fern1882 crape-fern1882 stag-horn1882 ladder fern1884 oleander fern1884 stag fern1884 resam1889 lip-fern1890 coral-fern1898 bamboo fern1930 pteroid1949 fern-gale- the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > palm trees > [noun] > other palms prickly palm1666 thorny palm1666 palm1681 sagwire1681 wine-palm1681 prickle-palm1684 prickly pole1696 brab1698 palmyra1698 thatch-tree1756 double coconut1775 nibong1779 nipa1779 rhapis1789 cocorite1796 groo-groo1796 borassus1798 cohune1805 traveller's tree1809 tucum1810 gomuti1811 taliera1814 lontar1820 salak1820 ground-rattan1823 geonoma1824 tucuma1824 nikau1827 wax-palm1830 murumuru1834 piassava1835 traveller's palm1850 bangalow1851 inajá palm1853 jacitara1853 peach palm1853 pupunha palm1853 jipijapa1858 urucuri1860 climbing palm1863 sea-apple1864 Alexandra palm1865 coquito1866 thatch1866 thatch-palm1866 açai1868 walking-stick palm1869 kentia1870 toquilla1877 Guadalupe palm1895 tortoiseshell palm1902 pimpler1909 1670 J. Ray Catalogus Plantarum Angliæ 122 Climbing-Fumitory. 1818 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 2) ii. 311 [The] climbing fern..generally climbs to the height of about 3 or 4 feet. 1836 A. Eaton Man. Bot. (ed. 7) 489 Rosa rubifolia, climbing rose. 1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons II. iv. 236 Jacitára, or the wood of the climbing palm-tree. 1864 S. Hibberd Rose Bk. 8 R. Banksiæ is the type of a restricted..section of climbing roses, natives of China; known in gardens as Banksian roses. 1938 J. K. Small Ferns Southeastern States 339 Besides climbing-fern, it is known as creeping-fern, Hartford-fern, and Windsor-fern. 1956 Dict. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) (ed. 2) IV. 1825/1 Climbing Roses for Pergolas, Fences, and Walls are provided by several of the groups of garden roses. Compounds Special combinations. climbing-boy n. a chimney-sweep's boy formerly employed to climb chimneys (now illegal). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > cleaning house > [noun] > cleaning chimneys > one who > boy climbing-boy1785 chummy1834 1785 Hanway (title) A Sentimental History of Chimney-Sweepers in London and Westminster, showing the necessity of putting them under regulations to prevent the grossest inhumanity to the Climbing Boys. 1803 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. Dec. 255 A Machine..for cleansing Chimnies, without the Assistance of Climbing-boys. 1884 A. Lang in Harper's Mag. Nov. 895/1 A small ‘climbing boy’ being roasted to death up the chimney. climbing-iron n. an iron strapped to the boot to assist in climbing (see climber n. 4). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > artificial aid > types of runner1688 runner ring1791 ice axec1800 alpenstock1829 rope1838 climbing-iron1857 piolet1868 snap-link1875 prickera1890 middleman('s) knot (also loop, noose, etc.)1892 chock1894 glacier-rope1897 piton1898 run-out1901 belaying-pin1903 snap-ring1903 ironmongery1904 line1907 Tricouni1914 ice claw1920 peg1920 sling1920 ice piton1926 ice hammer1932 karabiner1932 rock piton1934 thread belay1935 mugger1941 running belay1941 piton hammer1943 sky-hook1951 etrier1955 pied d'éléphant1956 rope sling1957 piton runner1959 bong1960 krab1963 rurp1963 ice screw1965 nut1965 traverse line1965 jumar1966 knife-blade1968 tie-off1968 rock peg1971 whammer1971 Whillans whammer1971 Whillans harness1974 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days ii. iv. 295 Fitting new straps on to his climbing-irons. climbing nightshade n. (see quot.) ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > climbing or creeping plants > [noun] > Malabar nightshade basella1731 climbing nightshade1753 Malabar nightshade1760 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. (at cited word) Climbing Nightshade, a name sometimes used for the Basella or Cuscuta of botanists. climbing-perch n. a fish ( Anabas scandens), found chiefly in Indian waters, and believed to have the power of ascending trees: see anabas n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Anabantoidei > genus Anabas > member of (tree-climber) climbing-perch1844 tree-climber1879 1844 W. B. Carpenter Animal Physiol. vi. 250 The Anabas or climbing-perch of Tranquebar; which climbs bushes and trees in search of its prey. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1487adj.1561 |
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