climbed
past simple and past participle ofclimb
| 单词 | climbed |
| 释义 | climbed past simple and past participle ofclimb climb verb uk/klaɪm/us/klaɪm/climbverb(RISE)B2[I] to go up, or to go towards thetopof something: Theplaneclimbedquicklytoaheightof 30,000feet. As itleavesthevillage, theroadclimbssteeplyupthemountain. Thesunclimbedhigherin thesky. A2[IorT] to useyourlegs, oryourlegsandhands, to go up or onto thetopof something: to climb thestairs/mountain Ihateclimbingladders. We're going climbing(= climbingmountainsas asport)inScotlandnextweekend. to move onto or towards the top of something
[I] If aprice,number, oramountclimbs, itincreases: Ourcostshave climbedrapidlyin the last fewyears. [I] tomoveinto ahighersocialposition, or toimproveyourpositionatwork: Hequicklyclimbed to thetopof hisprofession.
Moving upwards
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling climbverb(MOVE)B2[Iusually+ adv/prep] tomoveinto or out of asmallspaceawkwardlyor withdifficultyoreffort: They climbedintothetruckanddroveaway. We can'tstopTomclimbingout ofhiscot.
Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
climbverb(GROW)[I] togrowupwards: There'smassesofivyclimbingup/overthewallsofourhouse. Moving upwards
Idiombe climbing the walls Phrasal verbclimb down Examplesofclimbedclimbed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In a series of transactions that may have taken a matter of mere days, the price per card hadclimbedby 400 per cent. From theCambridge English Corpus One descended to the ground once but immediatelyclimbedanother plant. From theCambridge English Corpus Theyclimbedmountains, descended rivers and looked out over vast interior plains. From theCambridge English Corpus Having justclimbeddown from the trees, these first humans were thus relatively small. From theCambridge English Corpus You awaken one morning on your amply outfitted but very small boat to find that a shipwrecked sailor hasclimbedaboard. From theCambridge English Corpus They had more natural feelings than those whoclimbedup the power ladder of the company's management. From theCambridge English Corpus But since 1954 the death rates for the third quarter of each year haveclimbedfairly steadily. From theCambridge English Corpus Exclosure quadrats were infiltrated by small numbers of crabs thatclimbedover the fencing requiring repeated trapping throughout the experiment. From theCambridge English Corpus The majority of the lianas that had recentlyclimbedtheir hosts were growing on small diameter host trees. From theCambridge English Corpus A field assistant with excellent tree-climbing and insect-localizing skills thenclimbedthe tree and located the animal. From theCambridge English Corpus A wooden tower was assembled and wasclimbedby many of the children and some adults. From theCambridge English Corpus The twinning rate hasclimbed33% since 1990 (22.6/1000) and 59% since 1980 (18.9/1000). From theCambridge English Corpus In all of the cases, we develop asymptotic distributions for the length of the total distanceclimbed. From theCambridge English Corpus The practical effect was to establish a status ladder which could beclimbedby banks as their reputation grew and their expertise developed. From theCambridge English Corpus The questionnaire included questions about recreational activity, walking and number of stairsclimbedas well as asking about degree of exertion. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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