单词 | through-hiker |
释义 | > as lemmasthrough-hiker through-hiker n. Brit. /ˈθruːˌhʌɪkə/ , U.S. /ˈθruˌhaɪkər/ (also thru-hiker) North American a person who walks the entire length of a long-distance trail (esp. the Appalachian Trail) in a single continuous hike. In quot. 1913: a participant in the 1913 Suffrage Hike to Washington, D.C.ΚΠ 1913 Sun (Baltimore) 21 Feb. 1/8 Each of the 13 through hikers knelt on the line and grasped a handful of Maryland soil. 1970 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 29 May 10/2 People who are accustomed to the out-of-doors are usually careful of other people's property... ‘Your through hiker is a pretty reasonable person,’ Holmes said. 1991 Backpacker Apr. 131/2 During my recent thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, I met a 1989 thru-hiker who frightened me with tales of readjustment to the real world. 2013 P. Molyneaux Child's Walk in Wilderness vi. 72 The hiker identifies himself as Nature Boy, a veteran thru-hiker who hopes to be the first of the class of 2010 to reach Katahdin. < as lemmas |
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