词组 | steep |
释义 | steep /stiːp/ adjective 1. a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high anglenounsa steep hill The house was at the top of a steep hill.a steep slope The steep slopes are cut into terraces for growing coffee.a steep bank He scrambled down the steep bank.a steep path/road A steep path leads down to the beach.steep stairs She’s getting too old to climb these steep stairs.the steep sides of sth The steep sides of the valley were covered in trees.a steep gradient formal (=a steep slope – used especially of a road or railway track) The Snowdon Mountain Railway has the steepest gradient of any track in Britain.a steep climb A steep climb brought us to the top of the waterfall.a steep descent (=a steep journey, slope, or path downwards) The group made the steep descent into the valley.adverbsfairly/pretty/rather steep It’s a fairly steep climb from the beach to the nearby road.particularly steep The northern slope of the hill is particularly steep.incredibly steep On one side, the vineyard is incredibly steep.dangerously steep The path down to the river seems dangerously steep.2. sudden and very large in extentnounsa steep decline/drop/fall Following the TV campaign, there was a steep decline in the number of drink-driving cases.a steep rise/increase also a steep hike informal The energy industry is warning of a steep hike in prices. |
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