climb

salire, arrampicarsi

Muoversi verso l’alto o il basso lungo qualcosa, spesso usando mani e piedi.

In inglese semplice: To move up or down something, often using your hands and feet.

• Can you climb that tree?
• We climbed the stairs to the roof.
• She carefully climbed down the ladder.

Come si usa: climb up/down something (He climbed up the ladder.)

Sinonimi: ascend, scale

Espressioni comuni: climb a tree, climb the stairs, climb down something

arrampicarsi

Entrare, uscire o attraversare un luogo con fatica, spesso aiutandosi con mani e piedi.

In inglese semplice: To move into, out of, or through a place with effort, often using your hands and feet.

• He climbed into the car.
• The children climbed through a hole in the fence.
• She climbed out of bed slowly.

Come si usa: climb into something (She climbed into the back seat.); climb out of something (He climbed out of the small boat.); climb through something (They climbed through the open window.)

Sinonimi: clamber

Espressioni comuni: climb into something, climb out of something, climb through something

salire, aumentare

Raggiungere un livello più alto oppure procedere in pendenza verso un luogo più elevato.

In inglese semplice: To become higher, or to slope upward toward a higher place.

• Prices continue to climb.
• The road climbs steeply beyond the village.
• Temperatures climbed to thirty degrees yesterday.

Come si usa: climb to an amount (The temperature climbed to twenty degrees.); climb from A to B (Profits climbed from two million to three million dollars.)

Sinonimi: rise, increase

Contrari: fall, drop

Espressioni comuni: prices climb, climb steadily, climb to something

salire, avanzare

Raggiungere un grado superiore o una posizione di maggior successo.

In inglese semplice: To reach a higher rank or a more successful position.

• She hopes to climb the career ladder.
• The song climbed to number one.
• He climbed through the ranks to become manager.

Come si usa: climb to a position (The team climbed to second place.); climb through the ranks (She climbed through the ranks of the company.)

Sinonimi: advance, rise

Espressioni comuni: climb the ranks, climb to something, climb the ladder, climb the rankings

salita, ascesa

Percorso o movimento verso l’alto, soprattutto quando richiede fatica.

In inglese semplice: A journey or movement upward, especially one that takes effort.

• The climb was hard.
• We rested after the long climb to the village.
• The plane began its climb above the clouds.

Come si usa: a climb to something (The climb to the summit took three hours.)

Sinonimi: ascent

Contrari: descent

Espressioni comuni: steep climb, climb to something

discesa

Percorso lento verso il basso, spesso usando mani e piedi.

In inglese semplice: A slow journey down something, often using your hands and feet.

• The climb down was slow.
• We began the climb down before sunset.
• Her climb down the ladder took several minutes.

Come si usa: a climb down something (The climb down the cliff was difficult.)

Sinonimi: descent

Contrari: ascent

Espressioni comuni: climb down, long climb down