1 [C] a surface or piece of land that goes up or down 斜坡:
The village is built on a slope.村子建在一个斜坡上。a steep/gentle slope陡坡;缓坡The best ski slopes are in the Alps.最好的滑雪斜坡在阿尔卑斯山脉。
2 [sing] the amount that a surface is not level; the fact of not being level 斜度;坡度;倾斜
slopeverb [I]:
The road slopes down to the river.这条斜坡路一直向下伸延至河边。a sloping roof倾斜的屋顶
slope1/slop; sləʊp/n [C] a piece of ground or a surface that is higher at one end than at the other 斜坡﹐斜面: The house was built on a slope. 这幢房子建在斜坡上。a steep slope 陡坡a gentle (=not steep) slope 缓坡a ski slope 滑雪斜坡
slope2v [I] if something slopes, it is higher at one end than at the other 倾斜﹐成斜坡: +up/down/away etc The front yard slopes down to the street. 前院向街道倾斜。a sloping ceiling 斜屋顶
slopeslopeslopesslopedsloping2verb (slopes, sloping, sloped)to have one end higher than the other: The field slopes down to the river.a sloping roofslopeslopeslopes1nouna piece of ground that has one end higher than the other, like the side of a hill: We walked down the mountain slope.Look also at ski slope.