hors categorie

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The toughest category of climbs, tougher than category 1. One of six categories of climbs, HC, 1, 2, 3, 4, and not classified; not classified being the easiest.
    — Ahead of me was the legendary Col de Tourmalet—at 2115m, the highest road pass in the Pyrenees and a stalwart in Tour de France history. It's even classed as an hors-catégorie (out-of-category) climb because it's such a killer. This was a mountain that even professional cyclists are wary of.

词形变化

hors categories plural hors catégorie alternative

词源

Borrowed from French hors catégorie (literally “beyond category”).
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