slope
noun /sləʊp/
/sləʊp/
Idioms - [countable] a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other)
斜坡；坡地 - on a slope The town is built on a slope.
这座城建在斜坡上。 - Down the slope and beyond the road lay the Pacific Ocean.
沿着斜坡，越过公路，就是太平洋。 - He made his way up the slope from the station to the bus stop.
他从车站爬上斜坡，来到公共汽车站。 - a grassy slope
长满草的斜坡
- We clambered up the steep, rocky slope.
我们沿着陡峭多石的山坡向上爬。 - a slope leading down to the river
通往下面河边的斜坡 - a west-facing slope overlooking the river
俯瞰河流的西向斜坡
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- precipitous
- steep
- gentle
- …
- ascend
- clamber up
- climb
- …
- lead to something
- rise
- level off
- …
- down a/the slope
- of a/the slope
- on a/the slope
- …
- the bottom of a slope
- the foot of a slope
- the top of a slope
- …
- on a slope The town is built on a slope.
- enlarge image[countable, usually plural] an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
山坡 - slope of something the eastern slopes of the Andes
安第斯山脉东坡 - ski slopes
滑雪斜坡 - on a slope We camped on an open mountain slope.
我们在开阔的山坡上扎营。 - He spends all winter on the slopes (= skiing).
整个冬天他都在山坡上滑雪。 - There were more skiers further up the slope.
在山坡高一些的地方滑雪者更多。 - There was now molten lava several hundred metres down the slope.
现在山坡下几百米处有熔岩。
Wordfinder- altitude
- foothill
- mountain
- peak
- precipice
- ridge
- slope
- summit
- valley
- volcano
Topics Sports: other sportsb2, Geographyb2- Rocks and boulders rolled down the slopes of the crater.
岩石和大石块顺着火山口外的斜坡滚落下来。 - The lower slopes rise quite gently.
较低处的斜坡坡度和缓。 - There was snow on the higher slopes of the mountain.
更高处的山坡上有积雪。 - The vineyards on the south-facing slopes get more sunshine.
南坡上的葡萄园日照更充裕。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- precipitous
- steep
- gentle
- …
- ascend
- clamber up
- climb
- …
- lead to something
- rise
- level off
- …
- down a/the slope
- of a/the slope
- on a/the slope
- …
- the bottom of a slope
- the foot of a slope
- the top of a slope
- …
- slope of something the eastern slopes of the Andes
- [singular, uncountable] the amount by which something slopes
斜度；坡度 - a steep slope
陡坡 - a gentle slope
缓坡。 - slope of something a slope of 45 degrees
45 度的坡度 - Because of the slope of the roof, the snow cannot accumulate.
由于屋顶倾斜，雪无法堆积。 - the angle of slope
倾角
- The football pitch has a slope of about one metre.
足球场有一个大约一米落差的坡。 - The unemployment-income curve on the graph has a negative slope.
图上失业 - 收入线斜率为负。 - Most of the city’s land has a slope of 30 degrees or more.
这个城市的大部分土地都有30度或更高的坡度。 - The land rises in a gentle slope from the sea to the foot of the mountains.
从海边到山脚之间有个缓坡。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- precipitous
- steep
- gentle
- …
- ascend
- clamber up
- climb
- …
- lead to something
- rise
- level off
- …
- down a/the slope
- of a/the slope
- on a/the slope
- …
- the bottom of a slope
- the foot of a slope
- the top of a slope
- …
- a steep slope
词源late 16th cent. (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb in sense 3 may be related to lope.
Idioms
the/a slippery slope
- a course of action that is difficult to stop once it has begun, and can lead to serious problems or disaster
使人滑向深渊的斜坡；危险的境地 - She realized he was on the slippery slope towards a life of crime.
她意识到他正滑向犯罪的深渊。
- She realized he was on the slippery slope towards a life of crime.