steep
steep 英 [sti:p] 美 [stip]
adj. 陡峭的；急剧升降的
进行时:steeping 过去式:steeped 过去分词:steeped 第三人称单数:steeps 名词复数:steeps 比较级:steeper 最高级:steepest
- Steep means sharply angled. When hiking trails lead straight up mountainsides, they've got a steep incline. Steep also means "to soak in," as in steeping a tea bag in boiling water.
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- adj. 陡峭的；急剧升降的
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1. a steep hill, a steep slope, a steep bank
陡峭的山；陡坡╱岸
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2. a steep climb, a steep descent, a steep drop
陡直的爬升╱下降╱下落
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3. The path grew steeper as we climbed higher.
我们越往上爬路就越陡。
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4. a steep decline in the birth rate
出生率的骤降
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5. a steep rise in unemployment
失业率的暴升
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6. The path climbed steeply upwards.
上去的路很陡。
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7. Prices rose steeply.
物价猛涨。
- steep (adj.) "having a sharp slope," Old English steap "high, lofty; deep; prominent, projecting," from Proto-Germanic *staupaz (source also of Old Frisian stap "high, lofty," Middle High German *stouf), from PIE *steup-, extended form of root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat," with derivations referring to projecting objects (source also of Greek typtein "to strike," typos "a blow, mold, die;" Sanskrit tup- "harm," tundate "pushes, stabs;" Gothic stautan "push;" Old Norse stuttr "short"). The sense of "precipitous" is from c. 1200. The slang sense "at a high price" is a U.S. coinage first attested 1856. Related: Steeply; steepness. The noun meaning "steep place" is from 1550s.
- steep (v.) "to soak in a liquid," early 14c., of uncertain origin, originally in reference to barley or malt, probably cognate with Old Norse steypa "to pour out, throw" (perhaps from an unrecorded Old English cognate), from Proto-Germanic *staupijanan. Related: Steeped; steeping.
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