单词 | munro-bagger |
释义 | Munro-baggern. Mountaineering slang. A person who attempts to climb as many Munro peaks as possible; = Munroist n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber rock climber1767 rockman1798 cragsman1816 cliffsman1829 mountaineer1860 Alpestrian1861 alpinist1861 cliffer1861 glissader1861 ascensionist1863 alpenstocker1864 shin-scraper1869 hillmana1885 second1907 Munro-bagger1910 summiteer1926 middleman1968 rock jock1980 free soloist1984 1910 Sc. Mountaineering Club Jrnl. Oct. 177 Though the Munro bagger will pass it by with contempt, unless he has an eye for the beautiful, its corrie will be found to repay a visit from either the rock climber, or the lover of mountain form and solitude. 1957 R. G. Collomb Dict. Mountaineering 110 A small number of climbers and walkers have ascended all the Munroes, but most ‘Munro baggers’..find it hard to ascend more than about 200. 1994 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 11/7 As a minor-league Munro-bagger, I salute her. There is nothing more romantic than to stand atop a snowy peak. 2000 Daily Mail (Electronic ed.) 5 June My husband is a Munro-bagger and likes to spend weekends up in the mountains. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910 |
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