English Dictionary

death zone

noun

(climbing) Land at sufficiently high altitudes that there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.

Mount Everest is known as the death zone for climbers.

意味（1）

(climbing) Land at sufficiently high altitudes that there is not enough oxygen to sustain human life.

That makes life even harder in the freezing temperatures of the death zone. High in the mountains the cold affects you quickly. You get goose bumps as your skin tries to trap warm air in the fine hairs that cover your body.