【climber】 - SAT备考词汇

climber

UK:  ['klaɪmə(r)]

US:  ['klaɪmər]

复数：climbers  

n.

1.(登山靴上的)助爬钉

2.爬山者

3.爬山的人

4.攀龙附凤的人

5.脚扣

6.〔比喻〕野心家,向上爬的人

7.【植物;植物学】攀缘植物;【动物;动物学】攀禽类〔啄木鸟等〕

1 . They tried to radio a message to Rob Hall, who was a superb climber stuck, sort of, with a weak climber up near the summit.
他们试着给RobHall发送无线电信息。RobHall是个杰出的登山者，不过当时却是和一个相对较弱的登山者困在了峰顶附近。

2 . Or maybe just one mountain climber, or two, but I don't expect so at this time of the year.
或者可能有一个登山客，或者两个，但我不如此认为的---在年中的这个时期。

3 . Had it not been for the unusually bad weather, the rescue party would have been able to save the stranded climber.
要不是有反常的坏天气，抢救小组是能救出那个陷入困境的登山者的。

4 . In May, a British climber lost his eyesight near the summit of Everest, fell and was left to die by Sherpas unable to help him.
五月份，一名英国登山者在珠峰峰顶的附近突然失明，频频跌倒，夏尔巴人无法救他，最终该登山者被遗弃而死。

5 . To become the world's best free-climber, as he had set out to be and as, in the 1970s and 1980s, he was, took years of training.
在1970和1980年代，他是世界上最好的徒手攀岩者，这也是他当初给自己设定的目标，而背后则是多年的训练。