Munron.

Brit.

/mənˈrəʊ/,

/mʌnˈrəʊ/, U.S.

/mənˈroʊ/

Inflections: Plural Munroes, Munros.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Munro.

Etymology: < the name of Sir Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919), Scottish mountaineer, who published a list of all such peaks in the first volume of the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1891.

Mountaineering.

Any Scottish mountain that is at least 3,000 feet high (approx. 914 metres). Also sometimes in extended use, applied to mountains elsewhere that are above the specified height (e.g. see quot. 1978).The 1997 revision of the list of Munros describes 284 such peaks. A further 511 Tops (land over 3,000 feet not constituting a separate peak) are also catalogued.

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1903 Jrnl. Sc. Mountaineering Club 7 366 The view from the top was magnificent, all the big Munros in the neighbourhood showing up clear and resplendent.

1933 Jrnl. Sc. Mountaineering Club Nov. 92 From time to time I have set out with the idea of cleaning up the Munros in a district.

1959 Statist. Acct. Scotl. (ed. 3) 103 There are two ‘Munros’ in the parish of Arrochar.

1978 H. Brown Hamish's Mountain Walk vi. 151 I would almost..say the Irish Munros have a beauty ours lack.

1993 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 30/1 People must be more flexible in picking hills that suit the day rather than trying to tick off Munros, which turn round and tick them off.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	munro
释义	Munron. Brit. /mənˈrəʊ/, /mʌnˈrəʊ/, U.S. /mənˈroʊ/ Inflections: Plural Munroes, Munros. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Munro. Etymology: < the name of Sir Hugh Thomas Munro (1856–1919), Scottish mountaineer, who published a list of all such peaks in the first volume of the Journal of the Scottish Mountaineering Club in 1891. Mountaineering. Any Scottish mountain that is at least 3,000 feet high (approx. 914 metres). Also sometimes in extended use, applied to mountains elsewhere that are above the specified height (e.g. see quot. 1978).The 1997 revision of the list of Munros describes 284 such peaks. A further 511 Tops (land over 3,000 feet not constituting a separate peak) are also catalogued. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > mountain > [noun] > type of > spec pike1555 the roof of the world1840 Munro1903 1903 Jrnl. Sc. Mountaineering Club 7 366 The view from the top was magnificent, all the big Munros in the neighbourhood showing up clear and resplendent. 1933 Jrnl. Sc. Mountaineering Club Nov. 92 From time to time I have set out with the idea of cleaning up the Munros in a district. 1959 Statist. Acct. Scotl. (ed. 3) 103 There are two ‘Munros’ in the parish of Arrochar. 1978 H. Brown Hamish's Mountain Walk vi. 151 I would almost..say the Irish Munros have a beauty ours lack. 1993 Daily Tel. 11 Dec. (Weekend Suppl.) 30/1 People must be more flexible in picking hills that suit the day rather than trying to tick off Munros, which turn round and tick them off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903
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