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steepen

/stee-puhn/US // ˈsti pən //UK // (ˈstiːpən) //

陡峭化,陡增,陡升,陡峭

Definitions

  1. 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.