单词 | mountaineering |
释义 | mountaineeringn. The action or sport of climbing mountains. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] mountaineering1803 rock climbing1842 cliffing1861 alpinism1871 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [adjective] > relating to mountain climber mountaineering1803 free solo1974 1803 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) I. 247 My mountaineering recollections are to come in the next book. 1862 J. Tyndall (title) Mountaineering in 1861. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 582 I wish I had got the mountaineering spirit. 1922 ‘R. Crompton’ Just—William ix. 169 He was playing his latest game of mountaineering. A plank had been placed against the garden wall, and up this scrambled the three. 1956 J. R. Ullman (title) The age of mountaineering. 1983 Pacific Hosteller (Canad. Hostelling Assoc.) Fall 5/2 Will you mostly be hiking or will you need a stiffer pair of mountaineering boots? 1991 Times 30 Mar. (Sat. Review) 40/1 Once you have bagged all 277 munros, you are entitled to be listed as a munroist in the Scottish mountaineering club journal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1803 |
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