Scaling
['skelɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) ascent by or as if by a ladder.
(noun.) act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale.
(noun.) the act of arranging in a graduated series.
整理:梅纳德--From WordNet
解释:
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scale
(a.) Adapted for removing scales, as from a fish; as, a scaling knife; adapted for removing scale, as from the interior of a steam boiler; as, a scaling hammer, bar, etc.
(a.) Serving as an aid in clambering; as, a scaling ladder, used in assaulting a fortified place.
手打:玛丽安
例句:
- A full equipment of scaling ladders and fire-fighting apparatus is carried. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Resisting Sam's tender of his greatcoat, in order that he might have no encumbrance in scaling the wall, he set forth, followed by his attendant. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Some turn off from their voluntary pilgrimage down the Iss, and, scaling the awful walls of its canyon below us, stop in the valley. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- These outlaws have indeed a daring captain; but without machines, scaling ladders, and experienced leaders, my castle may defy them. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The officer turned suddenly from the path, and after climbing a paling, and scaling a hedge, entered a secluded field. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- In the patient solving of tremendous problems he had toiled up the mountain-side of success--scaling its topmost peak and obtaining a view of the boundless prospect. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Who could arrest a creature capable of scaling the overhanging sides of Mont Salêve? 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
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