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clamber

/klam-ber, klam-er/US // ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər //UK // (ˈklæmbə) //

攀登,攀谈,攀爬,攀岩

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of clambering.

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Examples

  • The paleontologists reached it via an hour-long clamber through an underground river.

  • Just gaining entry was difficult, and in many cases firefighters had to clamber up and lower themselves through windows.

  • We get down on all fours and clamber along a 40-foot fallen log.

  • We had now at one moment to wade through plains of sand, and the next to clamber over the rocks by wretched paths.

  • They were still more surprised when they saw a number of men clamber out from under the float.

  • To clamber over the tender into the adjacent waggon was a simple matter.

  • He took up a heavy walking-stick, and started to clamber down out of the buggy.

  • At last both clamber slowly to an eminence where a long steel pipe has been erected.