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rappel

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rap·pel /ræˈpel/ verb (rappelled, rappelling) [intransitive] American English  to go down a cliff or rock by sliding down a rope and touching the rock or cliff with your feet 绕绳下降 SYN British English abseilrappel noun [countable]→ See Verb tableOrigin rappel (1900-2000) French rappeler to bring back to yourself
rap·pel verbChineseSyllable
or Corpus a down to cliff go by rock


rappel
rappel /ræˈpel/ verb (past tense and past participle rappelled, present participle rappelling) [intransitive] American English
 Date: 1900-2000
 Language: French
 Origin: rappeler 'to bring back to yourself'
to go down a cliff or rock by sliding down a rope and touching the rock or cliff with your feet
   SYN  abseil British English
—rappel noun [countable]


rap·pelBrE /ræˈpel/ 🔊NAmE /ræˈpel/ 🔊 (NAmE) (BrE ab·seil) verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rappel BrE /ræˈpel/ 🔊 NAmE /ræˈpel/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it rappels BrE /ræˈpelz/ 🔊 NAmE /ræˈpelz/ 🔊past simple rappelled BrE /ræˈpeld/ 🔊 NAmE /ræˈpeld/ 🔊past participle rappelled BrE /ræˈpeld/ 🔊 NAmE /ræˈpeld/ 🔊 -ing form rappelling BrE /ræˈpelɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ræˈpelɪŋ/ 🔊
[intransitive] ~ (down, off, etc. sth) to go down a steep cliff or rock while attached to a rope, pushing against the slope or rock with your feet 绕绳下降(用绳缠绕着身体,双脚蹬陡坡或峭壁自己放绳下滑)
rap·pel (NAmE) (BrE ab·seil) noun