slope
noun/sləʊp/
Слово англійською: slope
Переклад slope українською: нахил
Детальний опис
- [countable] a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other) synonym incline
- on a slope The town is built on a slope.
- Down the slope and beyond the road lay the Pacific Ocean.
- He made his way up the slope from the station to the bus stop.
- a grassy slope
- [countable, usually plural] an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
- slope of something the eastern slopes of the Andes
- ski slopes
- on a slope We camped on an open mountain slope.
- He spends all winter on the slopes (= skiing).
- There were more skiers further up the slope.
- There was now molten lava several hundred metres down the slope.
Wordfinder- altitude
- foothill
- mountain
- peak
- precipice
- ridge
- slope
- summit
- valley
- volcano
- [singular, uncountable] the amount by which something slopes
- a steep slope
- a gentle slope
- slope of something a slope of 45 degrees
- Because of the slope of the roof, the snow cannot accumulate.
- the angle of slope
Word Originlate 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
- She realized he was on the slippery slope towards a life of crime.