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单词 zip line
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zip linen.

Brit. /ˈzɪp lʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈzɪp ˌlaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: zip v.1, line n.2
Etymology: < zip v.1 + line n.2 Compare zip wire n. at zip int. and n.1 Compounds 2.
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.
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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.

Brit. /ˈzɪp lʌɪn/, U.S. /ˈzɪp ˌlaɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: zip line n.
Etymology: < zip line n. Compare earlier zip lining n., zipliner n.
Chiefly U.S.
intransitive. To slide down a zip line (zip line n.), esp. as a recreational activity.
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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).
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