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abseil

noun
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
 (British English)
(North American English rappel)
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  1. an act of going 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）Topics Sports: other sportsc2

abseil

verb
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
 (British English)
(North American English rappel)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they abseil
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
🔊/ˈæbseɪl/
he / she / it abseils
🔊/ˈæbseɪlz/
🔊/ˈæbseɪlz/
past simple abseiled
🔊/ˈæbseɪld/
🔊/ˈæbseɪld/
past participle abseiled
🔊/ˈæbseɪld/
🔊/ˈæbseɪld/
-ing form abseiling
🔊/ˈæbseɪlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈæbseɪlɪŋ/
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  1. abseil (down, off, etc. something) 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）
    Topics Sports: other sportsc2
    Word Origin1930s: from German abseilen, from ab ‘down’ + Seil ‘rope’.