释义
🔑 slope BrE /sləʊp / NAmE /sloʊp / noun 🔑 [ C ] a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other ) SYN incline ◆ a grassy slope ◆ The town is built on a slope . 🔑 [ C , usually pl. ] an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill ◆ the eastern slopes of the Andes ◆ ski slopes ◆ He spends all winter on the slopes (= skiing . altitude , foothill , mountain , peak , precipice , ridge , slope , summit , valley volcano
🔑 [ sing. , U ] the amount by which sth slopes ◆ a gentle /steep slope ◆ a slope of 45 degrees ◆ the angle of slope ● the /a slippery ˈslope a course of action that is difficult to stop once it has begun , and can lead to serious problems or disaster 🔑 slope BrE /sləʊp / NAmE /sloʊp / verb present simple - I / you / we / they slope BrE /sləʊp / NAmE /sloʊp / present simple - he / she / it slopes BrE /sləʊps / NAmE /sloʊps / past simple sloped BrE /sləʊpt / NAmE /sloʊpt / past participle sloped BrE /sləʊpt / NAmE /sloʊpt / -ing form sloping BrE /ˈsləʊpɪŋ / NAmE /ˈsloʊpɪŋ / 🔑 [ I ] (+ adv ./prep .) of a horizontal surface 水平面 to be at an angle so that it is higher at one end than the other ◆ The garden slopes away towards the river . ◆ sloping shoulders 🔑 [ I ] (+ adv ./prep .) of sth vertical 垂直物 to be at an angle rather than being straight or vertical ◆ His handwriting slopes backwards . ◆ It was a very old house with sloping walls . [ I ] + adv ./prep . (BrE informal to go somewhere quietly , especially in order to avoid sth /sb SYN slink ◆ They got bored waiting for him and sloped off .
