rappel

• n. 绕绳下降；坐式下降法
• vi. 用绳索下降

来自法语 rappel,叫回，唤回，来自 re-,往回，appeal,呼唤。引申词义下来，绕绳下降。

rappel (n.)

1931, "mountaineering technique for descending steep faces," from French rappel, literally "recall" (Old French rapel), from rapeler "to recall, summon" (see repeal (v.)). The same word had been borrowed earlier (1848) to mean "a drum roll to summon soldiers."

rappel (v.)

1957 in the mountaineering sense; see rappel (n.). Related: Rappeled; rappelling.

1. They learned to rappel down a cliff.

他们学会了绕绳从绝壁上滑下。

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2. Confirm the best way ( rappel top - rope ) for cleaning with the route setters.

跟定线员商讨最好的清洁方式.

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3. On the seventh rappel Taeko hit by an avalanche as she approached Yasushi at the anchors.

在第七个下降的绳距时,妙子在接近保护点的泰史时被雪崩击中了.

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