slope

n.斜坡；斜面；倾斜；斜率

vi.倾斜；有斜度；悄悄地走；潜行

vt.使倾斜

noun

1. 斜坡；坡地
   a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other)
   1. a grassy slope
      长满草的斜坡
   2. The town is built on a slope .
      这座城建在斜坡上。
2. 山坡
   an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
   1. the eastern slopes of the Andes
      安第斯山脉东坡
   2. ski slopes
      滑雪斜坡
   3. He spends all winter on the slopes (= skiing ) .
      整个冬天他都在山坡上滑雪。
3. 斜度；坡度
   the amount by which sth slopes
   1. a gentle/steep slope
      缓坡；陡坡
   2. a slope of 45 degrees
      45度的坡度
   3. the angle of slope
      倾角

verb

1. 倾斜；有坡度
   to be at an angle so that it is higher at one end than the other
   1. The garden slopes away towards the river.
      花园向河边倾斜下去。
   2. sloping shoulders
      斜肩
2. 倾斜
   to be at an angle rather than being straight or vertical
   1. His handwriting slopes backwards.
      他写的字向右斜。
   2. It was a very old house with sloping walls.
      这房子已经很旧，墙都歪了。
3. 悄悄地走；潜行；溜
   to go somewhere quietly, especially in order to avoid sth/sb
   1. They got bored waiting for him and sloped off .
      他们等他等得不耐烦，就悄悄走了。

名词复数形式:slopes 过去式:sloped 现在分词:sloping 第三人称单数:slopes 过去分词:sloped

slope 斜坡，陡坡，山坡，坡地

来自辅音丛 sl-,滑的，滑动的，词源同 slip,slide.引申比喻义斜坡，陡坡等。

1. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.
   山坡下面，野山羊咩咩地轻声叫着。
2. Suddenly I was cartwheeling down the slope, all orientation gone
   突然，我骨碌碌地滚下坡，完全晕头转向了。
3. They picked up momentum, then slipped into neutral and coasted quietly down the slope.
   他们加大油门，再切入空挡，随后没大响动地滑下山坡。
4. He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.
   他将吉普车切换为四轮驱动模式后涉水爬上了坡。
5. The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope.
   速度由诸如地面坡度这样的内在因素决定。
6. The vast volcanic slope was eerily reminiscent of a lunar landscape.
   开阔的火山坡让人心生怪异地联想起月球的地貌。
7. He looked up the slope of land that rose from the house
   他抬头看了看屋后的斜坡。
8. He scrambled sideways down the scree slope.
   他沿着碎石坡的一侧爬了下来。
9. We raced across a large field that skirted the slope of a hill.
   我们从山坡下的一大片田地里飞奔而过。
10. The company started down the slippery slope of believing that they knew better than the customer.
    该公司认为他们比顾客更了解情况，而有这种想法注定是要失败的。
11. Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope.
    圣克里斯托教堂坐落在一个山坡上。
12. The bank sloped down sharply to the river
    河岸到河面的斜坡非常陡。
13. The garden sloped quite steeply.
    花园的斜坡颇为陡峭。
14. The writing sloped backwards
    笔迹朝右倾斜。
15. 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。
16. The slope increases as you go up the curve.
    上了弯道以后，路越来越陡。
17. She sloped off quietly on Saturday afternoon
    星期六下午，她脚底抹油，溜之大吉。
18. 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。
19. I found it hard to go up the slope.
    我觉得上坡吃力。
20. The skiers sped down the slope.
    滑雪运动员飞快地向下滑去。
21. The wall is beginning to slope backwards.
    这堵墙往后坐了。
22. Slope the ladder a bit.
    把梯子放坡点。
23. The slope of the roof is low.
    屋顶的斜度很低。
24. The car can't come up, as the slope is so steep.
    坡太陡，车子上不来。
25. Let's slide down this grassy slope.
    咱们顺着这草坡滑下去吧。
26. The slope was covered with fruit trees.
    果树满山坡。
27. The slope is steep and the path narrow.
    坡陡路狭。
28. I shall need you to hand me up on this difficult slope.
    我需你扶我上这个陡坡。
29. Nine massacred comrades were hanging from a big tree on the slope of the western mountain.
    西山坡的大树上，吊着9个被害同志的尸首。
30. The slope is too steep for us to climb.
    这斜坡太陡了，我们爬不上去。