clapt meaning in English

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I started up in the greatest hast imaginable , and in a trice clapt my ladder to the middle place of the rock , and pull d it after me , and mounting it the second time , got to the top of the hill , the very moment , that a flash of fire bid me listen for a second gun , which accordingly , in about half a minute i heard ; and by the sound , knew that it was from that part of the sea where i was driven down the current in my boat
听到枪声后，我一跃而起，转眼之间就把梯子竖在半山上，登上半山的坡坎后，又把梯子提起来架在坡坎上，最后爬上了山顶。就在这一刹那，我又看见火光一闪，知道第二枪又要响了果然不出所料，半分钟之后，又听到了枪声。从那声音判断，知道枪声正是从我上回坐船被急流冲走的那一带海上传来的。