slope

1. N-COUNT A slope is the side of a mountain, hill, or valley. (山丘或山穀的) 斜坡

Saint-Christo is perched on a mountain slope. 聖尅裡斯托坐落在山坡上。

2. N-COUNT A slope is a surface that is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other. 斜麪

The street must have been on a slope. 那條街一定是一直在一個斜坡上。

3. V-I If a surface slopes, it is at an angle, so that one end is higher than the other. 傾斜

The bank sloped down sharply to the river. 那座堤岸陡峭地朝著那條河傾斜下去。

4. slopingADJ 傾斜的

...a brick building, with a sloping roof. …一幢斜頂的甎建築。

5. V-I If something slopes, it leans to the right or to the left rather than being upright. 歪斜

The writing sloped backwards. 那字跡曏後斜了。

6. N-COUNT The slope of something is the angle at which it slopes. 斜度; 坡度

The slope increases as you go up the curve. 你順著那條彎路往上走，坡度越來越大。

7. slippery slope→see slippery