单词 | unclimbed |
释义 | unclimbedadj. Not climbed; that has never been climbed.In figurative context in quot. 1768. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > [adjective] > climbing > not climbed unclimbed1768 unscaled1812 unascended1820 1768 St. James's Chron. 28–30 July 1/2 You have arrived at a Height of Fame unclimbed by any former. 1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. 24 Like a universal ivy, which has left no wall uncovered, no pinnacle unclimbed. 1910 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 42 544 Its rivers are still mainly unknown, its mountains unclimbed. 2010 Canberra Times (Nexis) 21 Mar. a4 This one-hour flight took us high above the continent, over hundreds of unclimbed peaks and glaciers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1768 |
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