[N-COUNT 可数名词]山坡 A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.
[usu with supp]
Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.
圣克里斯托教堂坐落在一个山坡上。
...the lower slopes of the Himalayas.
喜马拉雅山脉较低处的山坡
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]斜坡 A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
[usu sing]
The street must have been on a slope.
这条街一定是建在一个斜坡上。
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[VERB 动词](表面)倾斜 If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.
[V adv/prep]
[V]
The bank sloped down sharply to the river...
河岸到河面的斜坡非常陡。
The garden sloped quite steeply.
花园的斜坡颇为陡峭。
sloping
...a brick building, with a sloping roof.
有着斜屋顶的砖房
...the gently sloping beach.
坡度很缓的海滩
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[VERB 动词]歪向一边;倾斜 If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.
[V adv/prep]
The writing sloped backwards...
笔迹朝右倾斜。
He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.
他不明白为什么他的计算器上面的数字向右倾斜。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]斜度;坡度 The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes.
[usu sing]
The slope increases as you go up the curve.
上了弯道以后,路越来越陡。
...a slope of ten degrees.
一段坡度为 10° 的斜坡
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[VERB 动词]潜入/潜出 If someone slopes into or out of a place, they enter or leave it quickly and quietly, especially because they are trying to avoid or escape something.
[V adv/prep]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
She sloped off quietly on Saturday afternoon...
星期六下午,她脚底抹油,溜之大吉。
They sloped into their hotel at 6am.
凌晨 6 点,他们悄悄地潜入他们下榻的饭店。
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See also:
ski slope
;
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slippery slope→see:
slippery
;
Oxford
slope★/sləʊp; NAmEsloʊp/
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verb
slopeslopesslopedslopingnoun★1★[countable ]a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other) 斜坡;坡地SYN
incline
◆a grassy slope长满草的斜坡◆The town is built on a slope.这座城建在斜坡上。2★[countable , usually plural ]an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill 山坡◆the eastern slopes of the Andes安第斯山脉东坡◆ski slopes滑雪斜坡◆He spends all winter on the slopes(= skiing). 整个冬天他都在山坡上滑雪。3★[singular , uncountable ]the amount by which sth slopes 斜度;坡度◆a gentle/steep slope缓坡;陡坡◆a slope of 45 degrees*45 度的坡度 ◆the angle of slope倾角IDIOMsee
slippery
verb★1★[intransitive ](+ 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 倾斜;有坡度◆The garden slopes away towards the river.花园向河边倾斜下去。◆sloping shoulders斜肩2★[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)(of sth vertical 垂直物)to be at an angle rather than being straight or vertical 倾斜◆His handwriting slopes backwards.他写的字向后斜。◆It was a very old house with sloping walls.这房子已经很旧,墙都歪了。3[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.( BrE) ( informal) to go somewhere quietly, especially in order to avoid sth/sb 悄悄地走;潜行;溜SYN
slink
◆They got bored waiting for him and sloped off.他们等他等得不耐烦,就悄悄走了。slope/sləʊp; NAmEsloʊp/
LDC
slope1 noun
slope2 verb
slopeslope1 /sləʊp $ sloʊp/ ●●○W3 noun
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1[countable] a piece of ground or a surface that slopes: a steep slope a gentle (=not steep) slope She looked back up the grassy slope.2an area of steep ground covered with snow that people ski down: We got to Tahoe on Friday, and hit the slopes (=skied on them) the next day.3[singular] the angle at which something slopes in relation to a flat surface: a slope of 30 degreesCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa steep slope· I struggled to keep from slipping on the steep slope.a gentle slope (=not steep)· We went down a long gentle slope.a long slope· The street led up a long slope.a grassy slope· The children had fun rolling down a grassy slope.a wooded slope· The valley has wooded slopes.a rocky slope· The farmhouse is situated on a rocky slope.a downward/downhill slope· She strode down the long downhill slope which led towards her home.an uphill slope· It is harder to land on an uphill slope.the lower/upper slopes of something· It was misty and only the lower slopes of Vesuvius could be seen.the eastern/northern etc slopes of something· Vines are grown on the eastern slopes of Mont Bernon.
slope1 noun
slope2 verb
slopeslope2 verb [intransitive]
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if the ground or a surface slopes, it is higher at one end than the otherslope up/down/away etc a pleasant garden that slopes down to the riverslope off phrasal verb British English informalto leave somewhere quietly and secretly, especially when you are avoiding work: Mike sloped off early today.
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