| 单词 | belay |
| 释义 | belay From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbelaybe‧lay /bɪˈleɪ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technicalto make someone who is climbing a mountain etc safe by attaching a rope to them and to a rock→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusbelay• There are good nuts here and it used to be traditional to belay at this point.• It is possible to belay here, but much better to continue.• It should be possible on subsequent ascents to belay on Aries.• But my inability to belay or take the lead soon became obvious.Origin belay (1500-1600) Dutch beleggen |
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