Mount Everestとは

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• Mt. Everest, Mt Everest, Everest

語源

mount +‎ Everest. Named by Andrew Waugh, the British Surveyor General of India, in 1849 after his predecessor George Everest, who opposed the proposal, and adopted in 1865 by the Royal Geographical Society.

固有名詞

Mount Everest (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 Mount Everests)

1. (uncountable) A mountain in the Himalayas on the border between Solukhumbu district, Province No. 1, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world’s highest mountain.
   • 1892 October, Clinton T. Dent, “Can Mount Everest Be Ascended?”, in The Nineteenth Century‎^[1], volume XXXII, number 188, page 605:

     Although the real elevation, and even the geographical position, of even the highest mountain in the world are quite uncertain, it may be assumed that the goal lies somewhere near the northern frontier of Nepal, very probably north of the summit recognised by surveyors as Mount Everest, and that the height is at least 29,000 to 30,000 feet.

   • 1977 October 9, “KOREAN EVEREST CLIMBER ARRIVES”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], volume XVIII, number 40, Taipei, page 2:

     Ko Sang Den, Korean conqueror of Mount Everest, flies into Taipei on his way home. He scaled the world’s tallest peak last Sept. 15, the 55th person to accomplish the feat.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Everest.
2. (figuratively, countable) Epitome, ultimate; an endeavor that is very demanding yet rewarding.
   • 2017, David Salazar (interview with Russell Thomas), Q & A: Tenor Russell Thomas on His First ‘Otello’ & Historic Met ‘Bohème’, OperaWire (October 4, 2017):

     OW: Many see it as the Mount Everest of tenor roles. What made you feel ready to take it on at this moment in your life? And why with ASO?

     RT: It definitely is the Mount Everest of tenor roles!!

   • 2018, Tim Carman, Can a chile pepper really cause an ‘incapacitating’ headache?, The Washington Post (April 12, 2018):

     To people of a certain disposition — thrill-seekers, daredevils, folks who never want to taste their food again — the Carolina Reaper is the Mount Everest of foodstuffs. It must be conquered.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Everest.

同意語

• (historical): Peak XV
• (Nepali): Sagarmatha
• (Tibetan): Chomolungma
• (PRC Tibetan, official): Qomolangma
• (from Mandarin Chinese): Zhumulangma, Chu-mu-lang-ma, Chumulangma
• (figurative): mother of all

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