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belay

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++be·lay /bɪˈleɪ/ verb [intransitive, transitive] technical  to make someone who is climbing a mountain etc safe by attaching a rope to them and to a rock 把〔登山者〕用绳索固定→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
belayThere are good nuts here and it used to be traditional to belay at this point.It is possible to belay here, but much better to continue.It should be possible on subsequent ascents to belay on Aries.But my inability to belay or take the lead soon became obvious.Whilst belaying you can look across a sweeping valley covered by vineyards and broken up by lines of cyprus trees.
Origin belay (1500-1600) Dutch beleggen
be·lay verbChineseSyllable
etc climbing who to mountain a someone is safe make Corpus


belay
belay /bɪˈleɪ/ verb [intransitive and transitive] technical
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Dutch
 Origin: beleggen
to make someone who is climbing a mountain etc safe by attaching a rope to them and to a rock


belayBrE /ˈbiːleɪ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbiːleɪ/ 🔊BrE /bɪˈleɪ/ 🔊NAmE /bɪˈleɪ/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they belay BrE /ˈbiːleɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbiːleɪ/ 🔊 BrE /bɪˈleɪ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈleɪ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it belays BrE /ˈbiːleɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbiːleɪz/ 🔊 BrE /bɪˈleɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈleɪz/ 🔊past simple belayed BrE /ˈbiːleɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbiːleɪd/ 🔊 BrE /bɪˈleɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈleɪd/ 🔊past participle belayed BrE /ˈbiːleɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbiːleɪd/ 🔊 BrE /bɪˈleɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈleɪd/ 🔊 -ing form belaying BrE /ˈbiːleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈbiːleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 BrE /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth/sb) (specialist) (in climbing 攀缘) to attach a rope to a rock, etc.; to make a person safe while climbing by attaching a rope to the person and to a rock, etc. 把(绳索)固定在岩石等上;把(攀岩者)用绳索拴在岩石等上