| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/to-move-onto-or-towards-the-top-of-something |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:to move onto or towards the top of somethingto 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 isclimb. You can climb something using only your legs, or your legs and arms.Climbis sometimes used withup. It was an effort to climb the stairs. She had always dreamed of climbing Mount Everest. He climbed up the ladder. Ascendis a formal word that has the same meaning asclimb. 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 youscalesomething, 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 sportgo climbingorgo mountaineering. The conditions were so poor that we couldn't go climbing as planned. She goes mountaineering on weekends with a club. Mountcan 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 ofmountisdismount. She reined the horse to a stop and dismounted. Clamberandscramblemean to climb with difficulty, often using your hands and feet.Scrambleis used when you climb or move over something quickly. Bothclamberandscrambleare 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, youshin upit, or, in US English,shinny upit. I watched him shin up the old chestnut tree. USShe shinnied up the drainpipe. |
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