词组 | level off/out |
释义 | phraselevel off/out1. level off/out if the amount or rate of something levels off, it stops increasing or decreasing and stays at the level it has reached: Car sales in Japan levelled out in September after several months of growth.+ at The world population could level off at around 8.5 billion by the middle of the next century.■ SIMILAR TO: stabilize formal ► compare drop off2. level off/out if an aircraft levels off, it begins to travel forward at the height it has reached instead of going up or down: Mark undid his seatbelt as the jet leveled off.3. level off/out if a road levels off, it begins to go forward on one level instead of going up or down: At the top of the hill the road levelled out and we stopped to look at the view.4. level sth off/out • level off/out sth to make the surface of something flat and smooth: Put the cake mixture in a tin and level it off with a spoon. You should level out the soil with a rake before sowing the seeds.■ SIMILAR TO: flatten |
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