| 单词 | slope |
| 释义 | slope —slopingly, adv. —slopingness, n. /slohp/, v. , sloped, sloping, n. v.i. 1. to have or take an inclined or oblique direction or angle considered with reference to a vertical or horizontal plane; slant. 2. to move at an inclination or obliquely: They sloped gradually westward. v.t. 3. to direct at a slant or inclination; incline from the horizontal or vertical: The sun sloped its beams. 4. to form with a slope or slant: to slope an embankment. 5. slope off, Chiefly Brit. Slang. to make one's way out slowly or furtively. n. 6. ground that has a natural incline, as the side of a hill. 7. inclination or slant, esp. downward or upward. 8. deviation from the horizontal or vertical. 9. an inclined surface. 10. Usually, slopes. hills, esp. foothills or bluffs: the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro. 11. Math. a. the tangent of the angle between a given straight line and the x-axis of a system of Cartesian coordinates. b. the derivative of the function whose graph is a given curve evaluated at a designated point. 12. Slang (disparaging and offensive). an Asian, esp. a Vietnamese. [1495-1505; aphetic var. of ASLOPE; akin to SLIP1] Syn. 1. SLOPE, SLANT mean to incline away from a relatively straight surface or line used as a reference. TO SLOPE is to incline vertically in an oblique direction: The ground slopes (upward or downward) sharply here. TO SLANT is to fall to one side, to lie obliquely to some line whether horizontal or perpendicular: The road slants off to the right. |
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