单词 | zip line |
释义 | zip linen. An inclined cable or rope stretched between two points down which people slide by means of a suspended pulley, harness, or handle, often as a recreational activity. Cf. zip wire n. Π 1970 Caribou County Sun (Soda Springs, Idaho) 18 June 10/4 A jump off lava cliffs on the zip lines. 1983 Scouting Jan. 56 What they have to do is..cross a short two-line walk from one tree to the next 35 feet above the ground and speed down through the trees on a zip line. 2010 S. Junger War i. i. 12 Once they dug a bunker, another time they rigged a zip line up between trees. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). zip linev. Chiefly U.S. intransitive. To slide down a zip line (zip line n.), esp. as a recreational activity. ΚΠ 1998 T. Clancy Rainbow Six vi. 115 Harry's aggravated his ankle some this morning... He banged it up two weeks ago zip-lining down from the helo. 2005 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 25 Dec. (Travel section) 5 We were suited up with harnesses and helmets, and from that platform we zip-lined across a 70-foot crevasse. 2018 Condé Nast Traveller Apr. 129/2 Adventure seekers can zip-line through mist-soaked jungle canopies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1970v.1998 |
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