1with object Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

我们开始爬山。

他们登得越高，空气变得越冷。

他慢慢爬上阶梯。

1. 1.1no object (of an aircraft or the sun) go upwards.
   （飞机，太阳）爬升；上升
   we decided to climb to 6,000 feet

   我们决定驾机上升至6，000英尺的高度。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Aysa was carefully and slowly dressing as the sun was climbing.
   • The aircraft will climb to approximately 39,000 feet and release the launch vehicle and payload.
   • The powerplant provides an initial climb rate in excess of 3,300 feet per minute and the aircraft climbs to 18,000 feet in under six minutes.
   • The sun was climbing steadily in the sky, a backdrop for the magnificent palace of Ipille.
   • The sun climbs high and I decide to relax in the ‘Taj Garden Retreat’.
   • Liz was sprawled on the bed, turned away from Brett as she watched the sun slowly climb over the horizon, signaling the beginning of a new day.
   • The sun lazily climbed up the sky, using the clouds as ladders.
   • Finally, with full left rudder input, the pilot was able to right the aircraft and climb.
   • The sun was climbing higher into the sky as the entourage made their way through the desert, the sand beginning to heat up.
   • It is the nature of the place, as if the long shadows cast over the dale until the sun climbs over Tup Fell encourages hidden emotions and intrigues.
   • The White Knight turbojet aircraft climbs over the Mojave desert with SpaceShipOne attached to its underbelly.
   • The sun was slowly climbing, but he would wait until it was shining right in his eyes before going to the kitchens to sneak something to eat.
   • In the Telegraph's dramatic account, the aircraft climbed above 6,000 feet on its own.
   • If both aircraft are climbing out at the same rate then everything is perfect but chances are there will be some errors.
   • As the sun climbs higher and shines directly down on the earth, these thermal contrasts become more intense.
   • It was a tandem jump with a qualified inspector - but that didn't take away any of the raw fear he felt as the aeroplane climbed.
   • All too soon the helicopter is climbing the sky again.
   • As the sun climbs higher into the sky, the buildings seem to glow and the black holes of their entrances deepen and become more mysterious.
   • The sun was climbing to its zenith, not yet noon, reflecting its light on the beautiful white washed walls of the buildings.
   • The aircraft climbs with its nose pointed 45 degrees up.

   Synonyms

   rise, ascend, fly upwards, gain altitude
2. 1.2no object (of a road or track) slope upwards.
   （飞机，太阳）爬升；上升
   the track climbed steeply up a narrow, twisting valley

   小路沿着陡峭狭窄的山谷蜿蜒而上。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It is the highest rally in the series, the undulating roads climbing to more than 2700 metres on hillsides awash with cacti, pine trees and river crossings.
   • The broad path climbs steeply and follows a line of green/blue/white marker posts towards the broad south ridge of Beinn an t - Sidhein.
   • The path climbed modestly to Chunyang Hall, then descended to Shengui whose lovely wooden pavilion stands on a plinth in a three-sided courtyard.
   • Turn left at the cottages and the lane climbs gradually and swings right past houses.
   • Just past the village of Pilar, the road climbs steeply and begins a wide curve.
   • Hiking around the ranger station, the pair came across some ski tracks climbing up through the timber toward the north face.
   • Join this track which climbs quite steeply and zigzags left continuing to climb above the valley.
   • There are a few kilometres of olive groves before the road climbs up the hill on which Mevo Dotan is located.
   • The path now climbed stiffly, switching back and forth on the steeper sections, otherwise crossing the face of the right hand valley wall.
   • The bridleway climbs above the road and rejoins it further up at a gate.
   • A winding gravel path climbs up through what will be a dense forest (the planting is still immature) to a big, noisy waterfall.
   • The road climbed for more than a mile before becoming flatter and more level.
   • The break was a long gulley, and the road climbed precariously and steeply along its edge.
   • Their road climbed now, winding around a hill crowned with palaces of gleaming marble.
   • Leaving the boardwalk, the track climbed through forest and past a small waterfall.
   • The road went no higher, but a track climbed through the heather.
   • The sun was still beating down, the road was still climbing, my body was still depleted, and yet it felt easier.
   • The track climbs through birch trees and crosses a small gorge before dropping down to the shoreline again.
   • The track climbs steeply towards the summit and lucky for us we had excellent weather and were able to see halfway across Tasmania from the top.
   • This climbs steadily before veering E, traverses back below a steep section and turns right again to cross the E ridge of the hill.

   Synonyms

   slope upwards, rise, go uphill, incline upwards
3. 1.3 (of a plant) grow up (a wall, tree, or trellis) by clinging with tendrils or by twining.
   （植物）沿（墙，树，格架）攀缘向上
   when ivy climbs a wall it infiltrates any crack

   常春藤沿墙攀缘向上时不放过任何缝隙。

   no object there were roses climbing up the walls

   有玫瑰攀缘上墙。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In their native forests, these heavy vines climb trees.
   • Well-kept flowerbeds lined the front of the house, a few vines climbing daintily up trellises nailed to the walls.
   • Naturalistic sculptures of fecund blackberry vines randomly climbed the walls.
   • I have a passion flower climbing a south-facing wall and it has flowered extremely well for several years.
   • Half the bathroom was open to the sky with a fine screen mesh, shielding lush green plants climbing up the wall.
   • Wrought iron gates were placed here and there for elegance as well as function, and deadening ivy climbed part of the walls.
   • Ivy climbed the walls of the gardens, and rose trellises clung to everything, adorning the trees.
   • You can plant your vine to climb a trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence.
   • Shayla followed him outside where he let the spider go on a vine of ivy that climbed one wall of the house.
   • Ours grows along horizontal wires and into the mass of other wall shrubs that exist on the wall and which include climbing hydrangea, ivy and Virginia creeper.
   • For instant charm and color, frame a door or window with a vine climbing a string trellis.
   • But it can also be a plant that stretches up and climbs the wall: a vine.
   • His fingers twisting in it look like wild, exotic vines climbing a shimmering trellis.
   • The trees were the center piece, the flowers were all planted around them, and some vines were climbing up them, blooming beautifully.
   • Vines and flowers climbed the trellis, turning our nook into a subtle and intriguing grotto.
   • Ivy and other vines climbed up the walls, making the buildings look ancient… and they probably were.
   • Perennial vines can climb an arbor or trellis, or soften a fence.
4. 1.4no object Increase in scale, value, or power.
   （规模，价值，权力）攀升
   deer numbers have been climbing steadily

   鹿的数量一直稳步攀升。

   the stock market climbed 23.9 points

   股市攀升了23.9点。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The high-tech boom meant that people worked more, output increased, incomes climbed and tax revenues followed suit.
   • As every hour passes, the death toll from the most powerful earthquake in four decades climbs steadily.
   • Of course this is a toll that has been steadily climbing.
   • Everyone wants to climb upwards, leaving the past behind, indulging in new creature comforts.
   • Why sell cheaply, if their petrol inventory is about to climb 10 per cent in value?
   • By far the most common crime was larceny but the figures for violent crimes by girls also climbed steadily from the late 1990s onwards.
   • Part of the reason for the cancellation was that the cost of a helicopter had climbed from 12 million a piece to 59 million.
   • Unemployment is climbing and investors are increasingly concerned.
   • The number of confirmed cases over the week climbed steadily.
   • Since hitting the floor last year, its value has steadily climbed again in line with a general recovery in the sector.
   • Passenger-train performance began to climb, increasing steadily into the 1990s.
   • When they see home values climb, they feel less need to save for the future.
   • Furthermore, that could climb as marketers find increasingly more ways to humanise our pets.
   • In other words, if you opt to take a discount, you're gambling that if rates do climb, they only increase by a little so that you still beat the fixed offers.
   • Butter prices have also experienced sharp increases recently, climbing to $2.36 a pound.
   • Let's name the women who have climbed to power globally and look at whether they were mothers, or single.
   • The company's shares had climbed steadily in value over the preceding two months to a historic high at the end of the year.
   • This is when values are climbing fastest and sentiment is most bullish, which means the market is getting ready to reverse.
   • Speculation the Bank of Japan would attempt to weaken its currency increased after the yen climbed to a three-year high against the dollar last week.
   • My efforts were rewarded by an increasing ability to climb to more advanced levels.

   Synonyms

   increase, rise, go up, mount, escalate, shoot up, leap up, soar, spiral, rocket

   informal be hiked/jacked up, go through the roof/ceiling
5. 1.5 Move to a higher position in (a chart or table)
   在（图表）中攀升
   the book climbed to number 18 on the New York Times bestseller list

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   • It will be a tough game, but one that we need to win if we are to start climbing the table.
   • The ode to the joys of motorway travel made the Düsseldorf quartet instant pop stars, climbing the charts on both sides of the Atlantic.
   • At the moment we keep on winning but make no move up the table, but all we can do is keep on winning and maybe we will start climbing the table.
   • Independent schools in York are rapidly climbing the league tables, according to recent results.
   • The richly talented young Scot will put the accent on fitness in France in a determined effort to climb up the world rankings
   • And I didn't realize that ‘It's Not Unusual’ was climbing the charts as fast as it was.
   • The record was climbing the charts, I was in demand all over the place, whirlwind tours here there everywhere.
   • We are still in the quarter finals of the Second Division Trophy but I want to see us climbing the table as well.
   • This is fixable and there is an opportunity for us to climb the league table of UK regions and be more competitive.
   • The song also climbed the charts in North America and went on to become a worldwide hit for the duo.
   • The Matchbox 20 lead singer is climbing the charts on his own and he's live with us.
   • The CD features twelve tracks among them the popular Song of Love which is climbing the charts in the UK.
   • Like its football team, York is climbing another league table - but this time there is no cause for celebration.
   • This was a welcome win for Celtic who are at last climbing the league table in the right direction.
   • As the oil runs out, so nuclear power climbs back up the agenda.
   • It has been climbing the charts ever since the video was aired on music channels.
   • The follow - up is climbing the charts although it is not due to be published until July 1 next year.
   • It has been garnering rave reviews and climbing the charts for months.
   • They appeared in the late '70s and rapidly climbed the charts, both in sales and in fans' rankings.
   • This result may not have done either side much good in climbing the table, but it did at least preserve harmony in a day-old marriage.

   Synonyms

   advance, work one's way up, rise, move up, progress, make progress, make strides, get ahead

2no object, with adverbial of direction Move with effort, especially into or out of a confined space; clamber.

霍华德开始费力爬出前排座位。

1. 2.1climb into Put on (clothes)
   穿上（衣服）
   he climbed into his suit

   他穿上西装。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • But she might just as well be expressing her thrill at climbing into clothes a size smaller than before.
   • When you climb aboard it's a bit like climbing into your dinner jacket.
   • I have no memory of climbing into my space suit and double-checking all the seals before I must have vented the airlock.
   • They all begin climbing into old style pressure suits, to add an extra safety factor above their life belts.
   • It was, according to Grant, a bit like contemplating climbing into a pair of wet swimming trunks.

   Synonyms

   put on, get dressed in, dress in, dress oneself in, pull on, climb into, get into, fling on, throw on, slip into, slip on, change into, rig oneself out in, clothe oneself in, array oneself in, deck oneself out in, accoutre oneself in, put round one's shoulders, put on one's head

1An ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

这条（散步）便道包括一段长长的高沼地上坡路。

1. 1.1 A mountain, hill, or slope that is climbed.
   被爬的山（坡）；待爬的山（坡）
   he was too full of alcohol to negotiate the climb safely

   他喝了太多的酒，不能安全爬过这座山。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • At the top of the grassy climb you will come across this monument.
   • This painting captures the height of the grassy climb, looking down over the white chalk cliffs to the water.
2. 1.2 A recognized route up a mountain or cliff.
   山道；上悬崖的道路
   this may be the hardest rock climb in the world

   这可能是世界上最难攀登的岩石小道了。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Along with the infamous Mont Ventoux, the climbs on the route today are the most feared monsters in France.
   • Racers can expect challenging climbs, rock strewn ridges, and fast, tricky descents.
   • Smith has been one of the climbers employed by the centre to set routes on all the climbs, and that's filled what might have been a relatively dull summer.
   • There are three fourth-category climbs on the route but these are unlikely to present any problems for the riders.
   • So in 1976 I started taking routes that were really climbs on the Continental Divide, and I'd take my skis.
   • We took the traditional clockwise route thereby having to climb down all the tricky climbs and getting wet towards the end rather than the beginning.
   • Sprinkled with gruelling technical climbs, crazy downhill flings, and easy-rolling side hills, this trail is excellent for all levels of riders.
   • The surging ocean heaves itself up on the low rock platforms to threaten the belayer on some of the climbs.
   • From the lake we were able to see several sizable climbs in the broken rock circling the upper third of our target.
   • There are some real beasties on the route tomorrow, though not as bad as the climbs over the weekend.
   • Although well trodden, the route was far from straightforward, with steep, snaking climbs.
   • Steep climbs and high altitude mark the Machame Route, a little traveled but highly scenic trail to the top of Kilimanjaro.
   • From the last of the three climbs, two routes descend to a short section of streamway.
   • By the time I got to the climbs above the 50 foot pit, I needed Paul's assistance to get up, and progress was pretty slow beyond that point.
   • He spent ten grand and two months on the North Col route, the climb Norton attempted in 1924.
   • It seemed to be a good climb to get used to the type of rock and crack climbing.
   • On the typical Marangu route climb, spend four nights up the mountain.
   • Not all rock gyms have crack climbs, but those that do offer the opportunity to practice jamming, an essential skill on outdoor cracks.
   • He decided to solo Green Gully and did fine until the last few feet of the climb.
   • The route included the climbs of Warton Crag, Arnside Knot and Clawthorpe Fell.
3. 1.3 An aircraft's flight upwards.
   （飞机的）爬升
   we levelled out from the climb at 600 feet

   飞机爬升到600英尺后，我们便水平飞行了。

   mass noun the rate of climb can be set by the pilot

   Example sentencesExamples

   • This is particularly obvious in the Eleonora's falcon, which has an extreme climb rate for its size.
   • My actual climb rate while flying straight in lift was higher than my average climb rate in thermals.
   • Also you pull in more than is desirable or necessary for the optimum climb rate when you're on the control bar.
   • As we stabilized our climb through 1,500 feet, I told my RIO the VDI was out.
   • The vario measures altitude, temperature and rate of climb.
   • Approach requested a climb to 2,000 feet and vectored me 90 degrees off the final bearing.
   • We started a cruise climb to 31,000 feet checking the winds as we went along.
   • The main requirements for the design of the Spitfire was that it had to have have eight guns and an excellent rate of climb.
   • Graham cleaned up the aircraft for single-engine climb and took the flight controls.
   • At the end, I swoop up again and bank left, taking the aircraft in a steep climb over the surrounding hills.
   • I think a comfortable climb rate for a paraglider from a ground tows is 500 fpm.
   • It is capable of climb rates up to 10,000 feet per minute and can fly as high as 50,000 feet.
   • I then pulled out the pocket checklist for bird strikes, and my instructor called for a climb to 5,000 feet.
   • He correctly put the aircraft into a climb at the appropriate time, and release was also good.
   • Continuing to take-off with one engine failed requires pilots to make adjustments to the aircraft and the rate of climb to reflect the loss of power.
   • The take-off is flawless; a steep climb has the aircraft high by strip's end to avoid the possibility of ground-fire.
   • After a few seconds - which seemed like hours - the aircraft started a shallow climb.
   • Within half an hour the winds calm down, as cu's form over the launch and pilots report getting good climb rates under the cu's.
   • The lead aircraft coordinated a climb with the tower controller to hold over the airport at 2,500 feet.
   • Just for fun I tried to get an idea of what could be the maximum climb rate thermals on earth could provide.
4. 1.4 A rise or increase in value, rank, or power.
   （规模，价值，权力）攀升
   an above-average climb in prices

   超出平均水平的提价。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • In 2002 the increase in wages was matched by the climb in the consumer price index of 30 percent.
   • They conceived of these citizenships as stages in an upward climb toward an ever better democracy.
   • The Indian economy is so finely poised on the edge of a boom that it will take very little to start the upward climb again.
   • He wants to stop her upward climb before she's the chief executive of a company that dumps toxic waste.
   • The past 10 years have seen a significant climb in cross-border traffic.
   • The world is a difficult place, and many tragedies have befallen mankind in its upward climb from savagery, some of them quite recently.
   • The climb in oil prices was driven by last year's upsurge in global demand.
   • Jordon's insight into Moore's upward climb offers motivation for us all.
   • It trades at a 40% discount to its book value, yet has prospects good enough to warrant a climb in its share price.
   • The analog rate of climb/sink bar is just a less damped version of the digital rate of climb value.
   • The climb from poverty by a young woman unsure of herself is remarkable.
   • We'll also see the value of the dollar climb in foreign markets.
   • Even worse, the portion of net farm income attributable to direct government payments continues its upward climb after taking a year off.
   • Most in higher education would describe it as a slow but steady climb through the ranks.
   • Megalomania, in particular, often provides a strong motivation for the climb to centrality and power.
   • A popular assumption in recent commentary about the climb in the oil price is that it will ‘fuel inflation’ across the world's leading economies.
   • Populations of striped bass on the East Coast, redfish in the Gulf of Mexico and king mackerel in Florida are all on an upward climb.
   • From a share price of less than $10 in 1993, the company's stock has made a steady climb upward.
   • According to DCinemaToday, the growth rate of digital theaters worldwide continues its upward climb.
   • In another, a grasping mother and daughter are duped out of their upward social climb by an unscrupulous foreigner.

   Synonyms

   growth, rise, enlargement, expansion, extension, multiplication, elevation, swelling, inflation