单词 | slope |
释义 | Word Frequency slope(sləʊp) verb 1. to lie or cause to lie at a slanting or oblique angle 2. (intransitive) (esp of natural features) to follow an inclined course many paths sloped down the hillside 3. (intr; foll by off, away, etc) to go furtively 4. (transitive) military (formerly) to hold (a rifle) in the slope position (esp in the command slope arms) noun 5. an inclined portion of ground 6. (plural) hills or foothills 7. any inclined surface or line 8. the degree or amount of such inclination 9. mathematics a. (of a line) the tangent of the angle between the line and another line parallel to the x- axis b. the first derivative of the equation of a curve at a given point 10. (formerly) the position adopted for British military drill when the rifle is rested on the shoulder 11. US offensive, slang a person from Southeast Asia, esp a Vietnamese Derived forms sloper (ˈsloper) noun sloping (ˈsloping) adjective slopingly (ˈslopingly) adverb slopingness (ˈslopingness) noun Word origin C15: short for aslope, perhaps from the past participle of Old English āslūpan to slip away, from slūpan to slip |
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