英语词汇“ascend”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINascend

Origin:

1300-1400 Latin ascendere, from ad- ‘to’ + scandere ‘to climb’

VERB TABLE

ascend

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ascend
	he, she, it	ascends
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ascended
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ascended
	he, she, it	has ascended
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ascended
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ascend
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ascended

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ascending
	he, she, it	is ascending
	you, we, they	are ascending
Past	I, he, she, it	was ascending
	you, we, they	were ascending
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ascending
	he, she, it	has been ascending
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ascending
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ascending
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ascending

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.
Bianca walked regally across the hall and ascended the marble staircase.
He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street.
He was turning to ascend the ladder to the engine room when the ship's fire alarm sounded.
Ms. Goodman ascended a 10-foot aluminum ladder to the roof.
Several ski lifts ascended the mountain.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Continue ascending two more forms and then play the whole thing descending.
From this pseudo-grandeur, a curving stairway ascends to eight capacious galleries.
It took about twenty minutes to ascend the 212 steps, but it was worth the effort.
Paul was first to ascend, and the boards shook under him as he gave Junior a hand up.
Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.
She looked up as Eva ascended into the rafters.
We also identified the product of the team of teams as we ascended from the micro to the macro level.

THESAURUS► climb

to move up, down, or across something using your hands and feet: · Most kids love climbing trees.· Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view.· She climbed down the ladder.

► ascend

formal to climb up something: · He began to ascend the narrow winding staircase.· the first man to ascend Mount Everest

► go up

to climb up something such as a slope or stairs: · He went up the steps to the platform.· Sonia was quiet as they went up the hill.

► scale

formal to climb to the top of something such as a high wall or fence: · Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm.· Protestors scaled the walls of the building and hung banners.· Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.

► clamber

to climb somewhere with difficulty, using your hands to help you: · At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety.· Everyone clambered onto the back of the truck.

► scramble

to climb somewhere quickly and with difficulty, using your hands to help you, especially when you are walking: · They scrambled up the steep rocky bank.

Longman Language Activatorto move up a slope or upstairs► go up

· You have to go up two flights of stairs, and then it's the second door on your right.· Hundreds of people lined the street, cheering the runners as they went up the hill.

► climb/climb up

to go up a steep slope, especially with a lot of effort: · The old man slowly climbed up the stairs to his room.· We had to climb a pretty big hill to get to the temple.

► ascend

formal to go up a slope, a ladder, or stairs: · He was turning to ascend the ladder to the engine room when the ship's fire alarm sounded.· Bianca walked regally across the hall and ascended the marble staircase.

to move upwards through the air► go up

· Mervyn had never invited her to go up in his little plane.· If you want to make the kite go up, pull the string hard, then release it slowly.

► rise

to move straight up into the air: · Hot air rises.rise in/into: · A stream of water rose into the air, arched smoothly, and fell back into the pool.rise up: · Clouds of smoke rose up into the air.

► ascend

formal to move up through the air: · A huge flock of red-wing blackbirds ascended from their nests along the side of the road.· He leaned out of an upstairs window and felt a current of warm air ascending from the street.

► climb

if a bird or a plane climbs , it gradually goes higher up into the sky: · As the plane began to climb, Karen started to feel ill.· The geese climbed high above us and set off on their long journey south.

► gain height

if an aircraft gains height , it gradually moves higher up into the sky: · Investigators are uncertain why the plane failed to gain height after takeoff.· Gliders use thermal up-currents to gain height.

► shoot up

to suddenly go up into the air very quickly: · Flames shot up into the air and clouds of smoke poured out of the windows.· I saw a spray of white water shoot up into the sky and knew that there were whales nearby.

► soar

to go quickly upwards to a great height in the air: soar upwards/up/above/into etc: · The ball soared high into the air.· The snow goose flew down low over the field and then soared back up gracefully.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► ascending/descending order

(=with the lowest or highest number first)· The films are ranked in ascending order of profitability.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► heaven

· Three pairs of dark legs, high-top sneakers at their bottoms, ascend toward heaven.· In later times, he ascended to heaven to be crowned with stars.· As well as a tree, Hathor was, like Lilith, the ladder on which the righteous could ascend to heaven.

► stair

· She ascended the stairs and entered her own room first, but there was no one there.· Finally I leave, and even more slowly ascend the remaining stairs.· Footsteps are heard ascending the stairs to platform I passing clean through the locked barrier gates and proceeding along the platform.· Without a word, the woman began to ascend the stairs.· Then I ascended the narrow stairs to his doorway.· It had begun to ascend the stairs ... and then the weariness had overcome it.

► throne

· The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603, when James I ascended the throne, but was revived in 1817.· Start there, with Caliban ascending the throne.· For a number of years after he ascended the throne he remained highly deferential to gentry concerns.· Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.· He acquired it partly by accident, for war was near when he ascended the throne.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► ascend the throne

For a number of years after he ascended the throne he remained highly deferential to gentry concerns.
He acquired it partly by accident, for war was near when he ascended the throne.
Primarily, however, her antics seem playful, befitting a king who ascended the throne at age 10.
Start there, with Caliban ascending the throne.
The original sovereign continued to be struck until 1603, when James I ascended the throne, but was revived in 1817.

► in ascending order

Their ages, in ascending order as above, were four, seven, ten and fourteen.
We ranked rural postcode sectors in ascending order of proportions of oil workers among economically active men.
You may move cards off in ascending order from Ace to King to their respective piles off the playing area.