Word · Frequency #3119
slope
倾斜；成斜坡
to be at an angle; to slant or incline, especially gradually.
- 1.
To tend steadily upward or downward.
持续稳定地向上或向下倾斜。
- 2.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
使形成斜坡；赋予倾斜方向；使倾斜或斜置。
- 3.
To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt, the rifle resting on the shoulder.
将步枪斜持,前臂垂直于身体前方握住枪托,步枪靠在肩上。
- 4.
be at an angle
倾斜
使倾斜；使成斜面；持枪（使枪斜靠在肩上）；持续稳定地向上或向下倾斜。；使形成斜坡；赋予倾斜方向；使倾斜或斜置。；将步枪斜持,前臂垂直于身体前方握住枪托,步枪靠在肩上。
In use
The land begins to slope down toward the beach.
The driveway slopes up to the garage.
The ground sloped sharply near the edge of the cliff.
The terrain sloped down
slope + adverb/preposition
常与down, upward, towards等连用，描述倾斜方向。
The land slopes gently towards the river.
这片土地缓缓向河边倾斜。
be sloping
The driveway is sloping steeply.
车道很陡地倾斜着。
Verb forms
base slope · third person slopes · -ing sloping · past sloped · past participle sloped
常指地面、道路等的倾斜
Connections
Collocations
- slope down
- 向下倾斜
- The garden slopes down to the river.花园向河边倾斜下去。
- slope up
- 向上倾斜
- The path slopes up steeply near the top.小路在靠近顶部处急剧向上倾斜。
- slope toward
- 朝…倾斜
- The land slopes toward the sea.这块地朝大海倾斜。
- sloping roof
- 斜屋顶
- The house has a gently sloping roof.这座房子有一个平缓的斜屋顶。
- sloping shoulders
- 溜肩
- He has sloping shoulders.他是溜肩。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 slope 拆成 s + lope：s 像一条斜线，lope 是“大步走”；在斜坡上走路会倾斜、慢下来，于是记住“倾斜/成斜坡”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：地形或建筑描述、军事口令 表示“倾斜/成斜坡”时通常用于日常描述，语气中性；军事中的“slope arms”（持枪）则是正式口令，比较常见于特定场合。
Grammar Note
及物时后接名词，不及物时通常不接宾语；过去式和过去分词均为sloped。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 slope 同韵：hope, rope, cope, scope, soap（/oʊp/）。注意 slop 拼写相似，但发音为 /slɑːp/，与 slope 不押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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