English Dictionary

climber

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈklaɪmə/

名詞

軽蔑的 比喩的用法

(figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially. / (botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

日本語の意味

比喩的（軽蔑的に用いられる場合）：社会的な地位を上げようとする人、いわゆる「社交的に出世狙いの人」 / 植物学上：支持物にしがみつきながら成長する、蔓状や登攀性の植物

When she began socializing only with wealthy people, everyone quietly called her a climber.

彼女が裕福な人たちとだけ付き合い始めると、皆は陰で彼女をのし上がろうとする人と呼んだ。

意味（1）

(figuratively, derogatory) A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.

意味（2）

(botany) A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

意味（3）

(cycle racing) A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.

意味（4）

(ornithology) 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.

意味（5）

Something that is used for climbing.

意味（6）

(climbing) Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”)

climbers （ plural ）