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单词 belay
释义
be·lay (bĭ-lā)
v. be·layed, be·lay·ing, be·lays
v.tr.
1. Nautical To secure or make fast (a rope, for example) by winding on a cleat or pin.
2. To provide security to (a climber) by paying out or drawing in rope, often through a braking device, in readiness to break a potential fall.
3. To cause to stop.
v.intr.
1. To be made secure.
2. Used in the imperative as an order to stop: Belay there!
n.
1. The act of belaying a climber.
2. A system of ropes and anchors by which a climber is belayed.

[Middle English bileggen, to surround, from Old English belecgan; see legh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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