CLIMBto climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep 〔手脚并用费力地〕攀登,爬
clamber over/across etc
They clambered over the slippery rocks.
他们费力地爬上了滑溜溜的岩石。
We all clambered aboard and the boat pulled out.
我们全都爬上船后,船就开了。
Examples from the Corpus
clamber• At last we saw the two girlsclambering down the slope to safety.• Fonti clamberedinside the mock-up to have a look.• He staggered as I clambered on, but stayedupright.• He fills it with a restless, bristlingenergy, as if he might clamber out of the frame and into real life.• 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.• Hundreds of people clambered to the roof of the building to watch the firespread.• Those in frontclambered up on to the grates that covered the entrance.• He clambered up the bank to the top where the trees ended.• All of the Debenham pupilsclamber up the stairs leaving the Stonham pupils downstairs.
clamber over/across etc• He clambered over a bench, vaulted over a nestle of children on the ground, and failed to dodge a pie-seller.• Pinsent clambered overFoster to embrace Redgrave, and then fell in the water.• She worked her way round the obstruction, clambering overgeneraldebris as she went.• Stephen went back across the river again, clambering over the boulders.• She clambered over the mossy wall at the bottom of the garden and edged round a shed.• Swiftly, Aceclambered over the red-stained sandbags, and checked the door.• Now his lifesize copies of himself can be seen clambering over the school buildings.• She clambered over the side of the last truck and crouched down out of sight.
Originclamber
(1300-1400) Perhaps from clamb, old past tense of climb