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

WORD ORIGINclamber

Origin:

1300-1400 Perhaps from clamb, old past tense of climb

VERB TABLE

clamber

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	clamber
	he, she, it	clambers
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	clambered
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have clambered
	he, she, it	has clambered
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had clambered
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will clamber
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have clambered

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

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety.
Hundreds of people clambered to the roof of the building to watch the fire spread.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

All of the Debenham pupils clamber up the stairs leaving the Stonham pupils downstairs.
Fonti clambered inside the mock-up to have a look.
He clambered up the bank to the top where the trees ended.
He fills it with a restless, bristling energy, as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life.
He staggered as I clambered on, but stayed upright.
She clambered over the mossy wall at the bottom of the garden and edged round a shed.
Some clambered to the roof of the Administration Building to watch.
Those in front clambered up on to the grates that covered the entrance.

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 climb up or down something► climb

to move up towards the top of a wall, mountain, tree etc, using your hands and feet: · Most kids love climbing trees.· Trying not to look down, Alan began to climb.climb up/over/onto etc: · Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view.· One of the boys lost his footing as he was climbing up the steepest part of the cliff.climb down (=go down a wall, tree etc using your hands and feet): · The burglar escaped by climbing down a drainpipe.

► scale

especially written to climb to the top of something very high, especially something that is very difficult or dangerous to climb: · Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm.· Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.

► clamber

to climb in an awkward way or with difficulty, but moving fairly quickly: clamber up/down/to etc: · At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety.· Hundreds of people clambered to the roof of the building to watch the fire spread.

► shin up/down

British /shinny up/down American to climb up or down something tall and narrow such as a pipe, tree, or rope, by wrapping your legs around it and pulling yourself up with your arms: · I locked myself out of the house and had to shinny up a drainpipe to get in.· We watched as small boys shinned up palm trees and brought coconuts down.· Craig shinned down the rope to where we were standing.

► ascent

the act of climbing something, especially a mountain: · The men began their final ascent at six o'clock the next day.· He wrote a best-selling book about the first ascent of Everest.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► down

· He clambered down, dusted himself off.· Short of clambering down there myself I could be no surer, and there was no real need for that.· As you clamber down the mountainside over the strata, the fossils suddenly disappear.· But he was clambering down and opening the door, to take part in whatever was going on.· As Sinead clambered down she was trembling.· Dorcas clambered down awkwardly on to Jekub's oily deck.

► on

· He staggered as I clambered on, but stayed upright.· A youth clambered on to the roof at the back of the shop for a dare and fell through.· It is believed the roof they clambered on to was not even on the same floor.

► out

· He pushed open the driver's side door and clambered out, unsure whether to approach the Montego or wait.· At some point, he clambers out of the window, up on to the roof of the train.· But 39-year-old Patrese clambered out with just a pair of bruised knees and trembling hands.· He clambered out and was taken to hospital suffering from cuts and bruises.· The attendant clambered out from behind the counter, one of his colleagues taking his place.· Redgrave was waiting for me there and held the boat steady as I clambered out.· Aware of being outmanoeuvred she pauses, then gives in, clambering out, water trickling down, darkening the boards.· He clambered out and looked around him.

► over

· Stephen went back across the river again, clambering over the boulders.· Now his lifesize copies of himself can be seen clambering over the school buildings.· She clambered over the mossy wall at the bottom of the garden and edged round a shed.· Swiftly, Ace clambered over the red-stained sandbags, and checked the door.· She clambered over the side of the last truck and crouched down out of sight.· He clambered over a bench, vaulted over a nestle of children on the ground, and failed to dodge a pie-seller.· She worked her way round the obstruction, clambering over general debris as she went.· Or they might just clamber over the wall at any point.

► up

· They clambered up the rickety wooden outside staircase to Louis's workshop in what had been the grooms' quarters.· Once they were out of sight, James clambered up to the roof, rather awkwardly I thought.· He clambered up the bank to the top where the trees ended.· Those in front clambered up on to the grates that covered the entrance.· So I clambered up with the rest when the order came.· Some of the multi-legged vegetarians found their fodder by clambering up the trunks.· The garden became like an ants' nest as snaking rows of people clambered up our hillside.

NOUN► foot

· As I clamber to my feet he starts to run.· The black guy starts clambering to his feet while Vinnie dithers with his knife.· The Doctor clambered petulantly to his feet, with the thunderous expression of a child whose toys have been impounded.· Grimwood was half supporting Steve who had clambered to his feet, making their way further along Greenway Gardens.