| 单词 | slope |
| 释义 | slope (once / 156 pages) vn If you find yourself on a slippery slope, watch out: you could be sliding down a hill. Land that is not level is called a slope. Slope can also be a verb, as in land that slopes down to sea level. Language experts believe the word slope came from the Middle English word aslope, an adverb that means “at an angle.” The word has a noun form you can use for something that is at an angle — on a slope — like a steep hill or the ramp in a parking garage. It also has a verb form that can be used to describe something that slants, like someone's signature with letters that slope to the left or an angled haircut that slopes to cover one eye. WORD FAMILYslope: sloped, slopes, sloping+/sloped: unsloped/sloping: slopingly USAGE EXAMPLESHe said it set in motion a “slippery slope where it’s only a matter of time before everyone pays everywhere.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) This will likely affect traffic getting to the ski slopes as road crews conduct avalanche control work. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) To get there, you enter through a portal near the river’s edge and walk down a sloping corridor into the center of the dam. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) 1v be at an angle The terrain sloped down Syn|Hypo|Hyper incline, pitch ascend slope upwards stoopsag, bend, bend over or down fallslope downward climbslope upward dipslope downwards angle, lean, slant, tilt, tip to incline or bend from a vertical position 2n an elevated geological formation he climbed the steep slope Syn|Hypo|Hyper incline, side acclivity, ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade an upward slope or grade (as in a road) banksloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water) bank, camber, canta slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force canyonsidethe steeply sloping side of a canyon coasta slope down which sleds may coast declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, falla downward slope or bend escarpment, scarpa long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion hillsidethe side or slope of a hill mountainside, versantthe side or slope of a mountain piedmonta gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land ski slopea snow-covered slope for skiing braea slope or hillside downhillthe downward slope of a hill riverbank, riversidethe bank of a river steepa steep place (as on a hill) uphillthe upward slope of a hill watersideland bordering a body of water formation, geological formation (geology) the geological features of the earth 3n the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal Syn|Hypo|Hyper gradient grade the gradient of a slope or road or other surface pitch, rake, slantdegree of deviation from a horizontal plane abruptness, precipitousness, steepnessthe property possessed by a slope that is very steep gentleness, gradualnessthe property possessed by a slope that is very gradual rise, rising slope, upgradethe property possessed by a slope or surface that rises downgradethe property possessed by a slope or surface that descends loft(golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air position, spatial relation the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated |
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