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单词 rock climber
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rock climbern.

Brit. /ˈrɒk ˌklʌɪmə/, U.S. /ˈrɑ(k) ˌklaɪmər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rock n.1, climber n.
Etymology: < rock n.1 + climber n.In quot. 1767 an etymologizing translation of Hebrew yĕʿēlīm, plural of yāʿēl mountain goat ( < ʿālāh to go up, to climb).
A person who or (occasionally) an animal which climbs rocks; esp. a person who does so as a sport or pastime.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber
rock climber1767
rockman1798
cragsman1816
cliffsman1829
mountaineer1860
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alpinist1861
cliffer1861
glissader1861
ascensionist1863
alpenstocker1864
shin-scraper1869
hillmana1885
second1907
Munro-bagger1910
summiteer1926
middleman1968
rock jock1980
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1767 J. Bate Critica Hebræa 252/1 Goats, i.e. rock-climbers.
1835 Mag. Nat. Hist. 8 165 The rock-climbers assure you that the guillemot, when undisturbed, never lays more than one egg.
1853 F. Galton Narr. Explorer Trop. S. Afr. ii. 48 The lions..proved to be far better rock-climbers than ourselves.
1864 Lloyd's Weekly Newspaper 5 June 8/1 I tried my best, and am not a bad rock climber, but nothing under a seagull could have got up.
1896 Westm. Gaz. 13 Nov. 2/1 Accustomed to the rock-climbers of the Tyrol, we found our guides slow.
1940 F. Smythe Adventures of Mountaineer vii. 75 I knew my companion to be a magnificent rock climber, as agile and as active as a cat.
1977 R.A.F. News 27 Apr. 20/6 St Athan's mountain rescue team..were asked to help rescue a rock climber who had fallen in the Brecon Beacons.
1998 S. O'Connell Angel Bird 14 He was an enthusiastic rock climber.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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