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発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈælp.ən.stɑk/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈælp.ən.stɒk/

名詞

alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)

1. A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
   • 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30:

     […] liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’

Further reading

• alpenstock on Wikipedia.Wikipedia