steepen
/stee-puhn/US // ˈsti pən //UK // (ˈstiːpən) //
陡峭化,陡增,陡升,陡峭
Definitions
- 1
- : to make or become steeper.
Examples
They hammered twin tracks into the hard snow as the slope steepened and opened below me.
When they are hopeful, the opposite happens and the curve steepens as expectations for inflation increase.
Even the landscape itself seems dialed back, with much of its natural wonders hidden beneath snow or sequestered at higher elevations where the land steepens.
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