单词 | crux move |
释义 | > as lemmascrux move Mountaineering and Rock Climbing. The section of a route or the move that is technically the hardest. Also attributive as crux move, crux pitch. ΚΠ 1895 W. P. H. Smith in W. P. H. Smith & H. C. Hart Climbing in Brit. Isles II. 30 There is but one slight difficulty before reaching the grand crux at the head. 1918 Alpine Jrnl. Sept. 180 Occasionally if one goes again, the crux is found to be so easy that it seems impossible that one could ever have stuck there. 1936 J. M. Edwards Cwm Idwal Group (rev. ed.) v. 87 The climb lies at first up the slabs of the left wall, then comes in, to the crux at the chock-stone. 1986 J. Tullis Clouds from Both Sides iii. 50 I had made the crux move of the climb. 1996 Guardian 4 Jan. 11/1 He yearned to lead the crux pitch of Central Buttress on Scafell. 2005 N.Y. Times 24 Apr. h11/1 About 200 feet above us towers our final obstacle and the crux of the climb. < as lemmas |
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