steep
/stiːp/ 形容词 B1中文： 陡
- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical. · a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep barometric gradient
- Expensive. · Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep.
- resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular. · The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior.
比较级 steeper · 最高级 steepest
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Rachel found abundant time to sit for hours at her kitchen window, knitting “cotton warp” quilts--she had knitted sixteen of them, as Avonlea housekeepers were wont to tell in awed voices--and keeping a sharp eye on the main road that crossed the hollow and wound up the steep red hill beyond.
Not another word did she say until they had left the village and were driving down a steep little hill, the road part of which had been cut so deeply into the soft soil that the banks, fringed with blooming wild cherry-trees and slim white birches, were several feet above their heads.
On the left were the steep red sandstone cliffs, so near the track in places that a mare of less steadiness than the sorrel might have tried the nerves of the people behind her.
He pulled away with swift defiant strokes, and Anne went up the steep, ferny little path under the maples.
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