释义 |
belaybe‧lay /bɪˈleɪ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technical belayOrigin: 1500-1600 Dutch beleggen VERB TABLEbelay |
Present | I, you, we, they | belay | | he, she, it | belays | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | belayed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have belayed | | he, she, it | has belayed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had belayed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will belay | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have belayed |
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Present | I | am belaying | | he, she, it | is belaying | | you, we, they | are belaying | Past | I, he, she, it | was belaying | | you, we, they | were belaying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been belaying | | he, she, it | has been belaying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been belaying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be belaying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been belaying |
- But my inability to belay or take the lead soon became obvious.
- It is possible to belay here, but much better to continue.
- It should be possible on subsequent ascents to belay on Aries.
- There are good nuts here and it used to be traditional to belay at this point.
- Whilst belaying you can look across a sweeping valley covered by vineyards and broken up by lines of cyprus trees.
to make someone who is climbing a mountain etc safe by attaching a rope to them and to a rock |