单词 | sloping |
释义 | sloping (once / 1038 pages) adj WORD FAMILY sloping: slopingly+/slope: sloped, slopes, sloping/sloped: unsloped USAGE EXAMPLESTo get there, you enter through a portal near the river’s edge and walk down a sloping corridor into the center of the dam. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) They spill toward a handsome wood-lined amphitheater linked by steps to the sloping sidewalk. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) Qanats consist of gently inclined horizontal tunnels dug into sloping terrain. The Guardian(Dec 08, 2016) 1adj having a slanting form or direction an area of gently sloping hills a room with a sloping ceiling Syn gradual (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt 2adj having an oblique or slanted direction Syn aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting, sloped inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position |
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