新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

slope

英  [sləʊp]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • slopes

    1[C 可数名词] 山坡

    A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley.

    双语例句

    例:

    Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.

    圣克里斯托坐落在山坡上。

    2[C 可数名词] 斜面

    A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.

    近义词

    incline

    双语例句

    例:

    The street must have been on a slope.

    那条街肯定是一直在一个斜坡上。

    3[C 可数名词] 斜度 , 坡度

    The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes.

    双语例句

    例:

    The slope increases as you go up the curve.

    那条弯路越往上走坡度越大。

    VERB. 动词
  • slopes , sloping , sloped

    1[I 不及物动词] 倾斜

    If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other.

    双语例句

    例:

    The bank sloped down sharply to the river.

    河岸到河面的斜坡非常陡。

    2[I 不及物动词] 歪斜

    If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright.

    近义词

    slant

    双语例句

    例:

    The writing sloped backwards.

    那字迹向后斜了。