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steep

/steep/US // stip //UK // (stiːp) //

陡峭的,陡峭,陡峭的斜坡,陡然

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    steep·er, steep·est.

    • : having an almost vertical slope or pitch, or a relatively high gradient, as a hill, an ascent, stairs, etc.
    • : unduly high; exorbitant: Those prices are too steep for me.
    • : extreme or incredible, as a statement or story.
    • : high or lofty.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a steep place; declivity, as of a hill.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • They have placed the work in a way that allows visitors to steep themselves in the outdoors and to respond, without feeling herded or driven, to the moods of forest and hill, snow and sunlight.

  • The angle on the way down is so steep, you brace yourself on the seat in front of you as if you’re doing a push-up.

  • The Rafferty Lift takes me to the resort’s main intermediate area, but the runs back to the bottom are steeper than any advanced run I’ve seen before.

  • Once you reach adulthood, you typically start losing about one percent of your strength per year, with a steeper decline in your 60s and beyond.

  • She pushed Nicholas Gross to set steep goals, but she also encouraged him to prioritize others before himself.

  • Rising up from scooping bay, the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn.

  • But just up the steep river bank and through the brush is an opening.

  • In Sierra Leone, the WHO report reads, “steep increases persist.”

  • Sure, some churches are expanding, but overall, your way of life is in steep decline.

  • We gazed on a residential area of box-like homes stacked on top of one another on a steep hillside.

  • My station was on the right of the line, where the breastwork, ending in a redoubt, was steep and high.

  • At the foot of the pass, the valley widened a little, though still with steep, snow-capped cliffs crowding it on either side.

  • The tower has four clock faces, pinnacles at the angles, and a steep slate roof and is 120 feet high.

  • On the state-coach went, down the steep, driving the mules madly before it.

  • The others kept on, climbed the short, steep bank, and passed from sight over its rim.