slope

英 [sl??p] 美[slop]

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復(fù)數(shù):?slopes;第三人稱單數(shù):?slopes;過去式:?sloped;過去分詞:?sloped;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sloping;

1. 諧音“是樓坡”---是樓梯的那種斜坡、坡道。
2. slip => *sl- "slip" => slip, slope, slant.

slope 斜坡，陡坡，山坡，坡地

來自輔音叢 sl-,滑的，滑動(dòng)的，詞源同 slip,slide.引申比喻義斜坡，陡坡等。

slope: slope: [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of āslūpan ‘slip away’. Such a scenario would appear to fit in well with the colloquial slope off ‘leave’, but in fact this usage did not emerge until the early 19th century, in America.
slope (n.): 1610s, "inclination," from slope (v.). Meaning "an incline, a slant (of ground)" is from 1620s. Derogatory slang meaning "Oriental person" is attested from 1948.
slope (v.): 1590s, "go in an oblique direction," from earlier adjective meaning "slanting" (c. 1500), probably from Middle English aslope (adv.) "on the incline" (late 15c.), from Old English *aslopen, past participle of aslupan "to slip away," from a- "away" + slupan "to slip" (see sleeve). From 1709 as "to be in a slanting position;" transitive sense "place in a slanting position" is from c. 1600. Related: Sloped; sloping.

1. He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.: 他不明白為什么他的計(jì)算器上面的數(shù)字向右傾斜。

2. Suddenly I was cartwheeling down the slope, all orientation gone.: 突然，我骨碌碌地滾下坡，完全暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向了。

5. He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.: 他將吉普車切換為四輪驅(qū)動(dòng)模式后涉水爬上了坡。