climb /ˈklaɪm/
 (vi.)(vt.)攀登,上升,爬攀登,爬升


 Climb v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed Obs. or Vulgar Clomb p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.]
 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
    Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.   --Dryden.
 3. Bot. To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.


 Climb, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.


 Climb, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.

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 climb
      n 1: an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't
           make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise,
            raise, upgrade] [ant: descent]
      2: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in
         altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climbing,
          mounting]
      3: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to
         the top" [syn: mount]
      v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever
           climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb up,
           mount, go up]
      2: move with difficulty, by grasping
      3: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were
         lowered" [syn: wax, mount, rise] [ant: wane]
      4: slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of
         the hill"
      5: improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to
         climb the social ladder"
      6: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed
         steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
         [syn: rise, go up]