English Dictionary

Everest

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛv(ə)rɪst/

固有名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable) A mountain on the border of Tibet, China and Nepal / (countable) Epitome, ultimate / (countable) A surname.

日本語の意味

（1）チベット、中国、ネパールの国境に位置する山の名前。 / （2）転じて『究極のもの』や『頂点』を意味する比喩的な表現。 / （3）姓としても用いられる。

Everest attracts climbers from around the world despite its dangers.

エベレストは危険にもかかわらず、世界中から登山家を引きつけます。

意味（1）

(uncountable) A mountain on the border of Tibet, China and Nepal

One day in the late spring of 1924 an observer on the East Rongbuk Glacier at the foot of Everest, staring up at the summit of the mountain through a telescope, saw the morning mists part around the summit, and saw there two black figures climbing steadily upwards. One of them was an Oxford undergraduate, the other was Mallory. They were, at that moment, at a height of 28,400 feet, higher than any man has ever climbed before and only six hundred feet below the top.

意味（2）

(countable) Epitome, ultimate

意味（3）

(countable) A surname.

Everests （ plural ）