climber

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈklaɪmə/|[ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯mə]    美 /ˈklaɪmɚ/|[ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯mɚ] ~ [ˈkʰl̥aɪ̯mɹ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
    — Police said evidence, including footprints, was found where they believe the climbers had begun to traverse the slopes beneath Zurbriggen Ridge.
  2. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).; A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
  3. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).; A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
  4. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).; A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially. derogatory,figuratively
    — His mother was a climber, determined that her children should attend the right schools and generally succeed in what was still very much a WASP world.
  5. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).; A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
  6. Something that is used for climbing.; Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on. Canada
    — If his greatest hits are museum climbers that complement the subject matter in surrounding exhibits, then "the mall jobs," he says, which are more about color and composition, "are little ditties."
  7. Something that is used for climbing.; Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”).
动词 v.
  1. To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb. intransitive,obsolete
    — Stick plentie of bows among runciuall pease / to climber thereon, and to branch at their ease.

词形变化

climbers plural climbers present,singular,third-person climbering participle,present climbered participle,past climbered past

词汇关系

衍生词
free climber hillclimber lead climber mountain climber rock climber social climber speed climber sport climber stairclimber trad climber traditional climber

词源

词源 1
From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
词源 2
From climb + -er (frequentative suffix); or a blend of climb + clamber.
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