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Clamber Word Clambering Good Climb Weak Willow Toddlers

英语单词 clamber
英美音标 英 ['klæmbə(r)] 美 ['klæmbər]
中文释义 v.(艰难地)爬上;攀登
n.(艰难地)爬;攀登
英语例句 (1) It was difficult to clamber the mountain.
(2) Stop clambering over my new furniture.
(3) It was easy enough for him to clamber up the gnarled trunk.
(4) We had a good time of that clamber.
(5) Reaching the crest was a real clamber.
中文例句 (1) 爬上那座大山是困难的。
(2) 别在我的新家具上爬来爬去。
(3) 他攀上这扭曲的树干,倒还容易。
(4) 那次攀登让我们很愉快。
(5) 到达顶端才是真正的攀登。
vocabulary简明 To clamber is to climb awkwardly. Hamlet's Ophelia was said to have been clambering on a weak branch of a willow when she met her "muddy death." It's never a good idea to clamber, let alone on weak willow branches.
vocabulary扩展 We associate the word clamber far more often with toddlers (than Shakespearean tragedy). Toddlers are known for naturally clumsy, ill-coordinated movements we deem cute not foolish. Suitably enough, the word comes from the delightful and long obsolete Middle English word clamb, meaning the past tense of climb, a word that has all the happy logic of a toddler's imagination.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词](通常指手脚并用地)攀爬,攀登 If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet.
  [V prep/adv]
  • They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove...

    他们手脚并用,爬上了一片成陡直梯田状的橄榄林外面的石头围墙。

  • Clambering over sackfuls of lemons, Boris tried to find a way out.

    鲍里斯手忙脚乱地爬过一个个装满柠檬的口袋,想找条出路。

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