be·lay
verb/ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ/
/bɪˈleɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they belay | |
| he / she / it belays | /ˈbiːleɪz/, /bɪˈleɪz/ /bɪˈleɪz/ |
| past simple belayed | /ˈbiːleɪd/, /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| past participle belayed | /ˈbiːleɪd/, /bɪˈleɪd/ /bɪˈleɪd/ |
| -ing form belaying | /ˈbiːleɪɪŋ/, /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ /bɪˈleɪɪŋ/ |
- /ˈbiːleɪ/, /bɪˈleɪ//bɪˈleɪ/[intransitive, transitive] belay (something/somebody) (specialist) (in climbing) 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 - /bɪˈleɪ//bɪˈleɪ/[transitive] (used especially in orders on a ship) belay something (informal) to stop doing something; to cancel an instruction that has been given
停止做某事；取消已发出的指令 - Belay that order.
遵守该命令。
- Belay that order.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally in nautical use): from be- + the verb lay, on the pattern of Dutch beleggen.