2012年11月11日 星期日

A traveler journeying there, wayfarer

K2: A Trek to Danger's Doorstep

By GRAHAM BOWLEY
Distant and mysterious, the mountain is perhaps the most feared and respected climbing peak in the world. A traveler journeying there discovers an icy world as perilous as it is beautiful.


journey
n., pl., -neys.
    1. The act of traveling from one place to another; a trip.
    2. A distance to be traveled or the time required for a trip: a 2,000-mile journey to the Pacific; the three-day journey home.
  1. A process or course likened to traveling; a passage: the journey of life.

v., -neyed, -ney·ing, -neys. v.intr.
To make a journey; travel.

v.tr.
To travel over or through.

[Middle English journei, day, day's travel, journey, from Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta, from Late Latin diurnum, day, from neuter of Latin diurnus, of a day, from diēs, day. See diary.]
journeyer jour'ney·er n.


 wayfarer

(noun) A traveler going on a trip.
Synonyms:journeyer
Usage:A little way past the inn we came upon a notice-board whereon the lord of the manor warned all wayfarers against trespassing.

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