slope

• n. 斜坡；傾斜；斜率；扛槍姿勢
• vi. 傾斜；逃走
• vt. 傾斜；使傾斜；扛

來自輔音叢 sl-,滑的，滑動的，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.

他不明白為什麽他的計算器上麵的數字向右傾斜。

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2. Suddenly I was cartwheeling down the slope, all orientation gone.

突然，我骨碌碌地滾下坡，完全暈頭轉向了。

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3. From the slope below, the wild goats bleated faintly.

山坡下麵，野山羊咩咩地輕聲叫著。

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4. The slope increases as you go up the curve.

上了彎道以後，路越來越陡。

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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動模式後涉水爬上了坡。

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