单词 | steep-up |
释义 | steep-upadj. archaic. Precipitous; perpendicular. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > steep (except of hills, etc.) staira1175 slidingc1325 steepa1400–50 side?a1475 right-up1511 steep-down1530 steepwise1542 headlonga1557 steep-up?a1560 pitch hill1560 pendent1587 high-pitched1596 steeped1596 perpendicular1598 steepy1735 declivitous1799 steepish1814 escarped1853 steep-cut1888 swooping1956 ?a1560 L. Digges Geom. Pract.: Pantometria (1571) i. xxv. sig. Givv If the hill or turret be steepe vp, so that the foote be visible lying perpendicularly vnder the top. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Assurgo Assurgit clementer & molliter collis, riseth by littel and littell, and is not stipe vp. 1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets vii. sig. B2 And hauing climb'd the steepe vp heauenly hill. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess Prol. 3 The fountain of the moment, playing now A..steep-up spout whereon the gilded ball Danced like a wisp. 1875 Ld. Tennyson Queen Mary iii. iv. 147 And on the steep-up track of the true faith Your lapses are far seen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.?a1560 |
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