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rap·pel noun /ræˈpel/ /ræˈpel/ (North American English) (British English abseil) - 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
rap·pel verb /ræˈpel/ /ræˈpel/ (North American English) (British English abseil) [intransitive]- rappel (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 French, literally ‘a recalling’, from rappeler in the sense ‘bring back to oneself’ (with reference to the rope manoeuvre).
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