Tra từ slope - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

slope [slope slopes sloped sloping] noun, verb BrE [sləʊp] NAmE [sloʊp]
noun
1. countable a surface or piece of land that slopes (= is higher at one end than the other)
Syn: ↑incline
•a grassy slope
• The town is built on a slope.
2. countable, usually plural an area of land that is part of a mountain or hill
•the eastern slopes of the Andes
•ski slopes
• He spends all winter on the slopes (= ↑skiing ).

3. singular, uncountable the amount by which sth slopes
•a gentle/steep slope
•a slope of 45 degrees
•the angle of slope
• Because of the slope of the roof, the snow cannot accumulate.
see the/a slippery slope at ↑slippery

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb in sense 3 may be related to ↑lope.

Thesaurus:
slope noun
1. C
•We sat on a grassy slope.
bank • • ramp • |formal technical incline •
a steep slope/bank/ramp/incline
a gentle slope/incline
climb (up) a slope/bank/ramp/incline
2. sing., U
•the slope of the roof
angle • |especially BrE gradient • |especially AmE grade •
at a/an slope/angle/gradient
a slight/steep/gentle slope/angle/gradient

Example Bank:
•Once he'd tried that first cigarette, he was on the slippery slope to being a smoker.
•Rocks and boulders rolled down the slopes of the crater.
•She plans to hit the ski slopes this winter.
•Some tourists were having a skiing lesson on the nursery slope.
•The field has a slope of about three feet.
•The football pitch has a slope of about one metre.
•The lower slopes rise quite gently.
•The unemployment-income curve on the graph has a negative slope.
•The vineyard covers the slope.
•The vineyards on the south-facing slopes get more sunshine.
•There was snow on the higher slopes of the mountain.
•There were more skiers further up the slope.
•We camped on an open mountain slope.
•We clambered up the steep, rocky slope.
•a slope leading down to the river
•a west-facing slope overlooking the river
•dry-slope skiing
•ski lessons on the bunny slope
•skiing lessons on the nursery slope
•the angle of slope of the sides of the pyramid
•the continental slope off the American coast
•the slope of a curve/line
•the slope of a hill/mountain/roof
•Most of the city’s land has a slope of 30 degrees or more.
•The angle of slope must be determined before construction can begin.
•The house sits comfortably at the bottom of a grassy slope.
•The land rises in a gentle slope from the sea to the foot of the mountains.
•The town is built on a slope.

verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (of a horizontal surface)to be at an angle so that it is higher at one end than the other
• The garden slopes away towards the river.
• The path sloped gently down.
•sloping shoulders
2. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (of sth vertical)to be at an angle rather than being straight or vertical
• His handwriting slopes backwards.
• It was a very old house with sloping walls.
3. intransitive + adv./prep. (BrE, informal)to go somewhere quietly, especially in order to avoid sth/sb
Syn: ↑slink
•They got bored waiting for him and sloped off.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a verb): from the obsolete adverb slope, a shortening of aslope. The use of the verb in sense 3 may be related to ↑lope.

Thesaurus:
slope verb
1. I (usually used with an adverb or preposition)
•The path sloped gently down.
dip • • rise • • climb • • descend • • drop •
a road/path slopes/dips/climbs/descends/drops
slop/dip/rise/climb/descend/drop steeply
slop/dip/rise gently
2. T (usually used with an adverb or preposition)
•It was an old house with sloping walls.
lean • • slant • • tilt • • tip • • angle •
slope/lean/slant/tilt/tip/angle (sth) towards/away from
slope/slant/tilt/tip/angle (sth) up/down

Example Bank:
•The field slopes down to a small river.
•The ground slopes away steeply at the back of the house.
•The garage is rectangular with a sloping roof.