释义 |
belay /bi-lāˈ/ transitive verb (pat and pap belayedˈ)- To make fast
- To secure by a turn (of a rope) around a cleat, belaying pin, point of rock, etc (nautical and mountaineering)
- To desist from (nautical)
- To set or overlay (with ornament) (Spenser)
- To beset, to besiege (obsolete)
- To waylay (obsolete)
interjection- Enough
- Hold
noun (mountaineering)- A turn of a rope in belaying
- The rock, etc around which a belay is made
ORIGIN: OE belecgan; Ger belegen, Du beleggen. See lay1 belaying pin noun (nautical) A pin for belaying ropes around |