| 释义 |
bouldering, vbl. n.|ˈbəʊldərɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
1. The action of prec. verb; paving with boulders; concr. boulder-stones laid as a pavement.
1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur 409 The bouldering of the pavement was rough.
2. Mountaineering. Practice climbing on large boulders.
1920G. W. Young Mountain Craft iv. 152 The introduction to climbing customarily..is practice upon single rocks, low cliffs, quarries and erratic boulders, with or without the aid of a rope held from above. This ‘bouldering’, or problem climbing,..is of little use as commencing practice. 1954W. Noyce South Col iv. 63 John spotted a pointed boulder some thirty feet high by the wayside. Daring routes were made up it; and henceforward bouldering..became a popular pastime. |