slope

n. 斜坡；倾斜；斜率；扛枪姿势

vi. 倾斜；逃走

vt. 倾斜；使倾斜；扛

中文词源

slope 斜坡，陡坡，山坡，坡地

来自辅音丛 sl-,滑的，滑动的，词源同 slip,slide.引申比喻义斜坡，陡坡等。

slope: slope: [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope. This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English *āslopean, an adverbial use of the past participle of āslūpan ‘slip away’. Such a scenario would appear to fit in well with the colloquial slope off ‘leave’, but in fact this usage did not emerge until the early 19th century, in America.
slope (n.): 1610s, "inclination," from slope (v.). Meaning "an incline, a slant (of ground)" is from 1620s. Derogatory slang meaning "Oriental person" is attested from 1948.
slope (v.): 1590s, "go in an oblique direction," from earlier adjective meaning "slanting" (c. 1500), probably from Middle English aslope (adv.) "on the incline" (late 15c.), from Old English *aslopen, past participle of aslupan "to slip away," from a- "away" + slupan "to slip" (see sleeve). From 1709 as "to be in a slanting position;" transitive sense "place in a slanting position" is from c. 1600. Related: Sloped; sloping.

1. 谐音“是楼坡”---是楼梯的那种斜坡、坡道。2. slip => *sl- "slip" => slip, slope, slant.

1. He wonders why the digits on his calculator slope to the right.: 他不明白为什么他的计算器上面的数字向右倾斜。

2. Suddenly I was cartwheeling down the slope, all orientation gone.: 突然，我骨碌碌地滚下坡，完全晕头转向了。

5. He put the jeep in four-wheel drive and splashed up the slope.: 他将吉普车切换为四轮驱动模式后涉水爬上了坡。