steep
Nghĩa (English)
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- Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.
- (informal) expensive
- (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
- resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular
Synonyms
put in water
steep slope
soak through
very angry
good things of life
territory of a chief
steep hill
soil dug out to form a grave
insuccation
immerse in
sharply-sloping
arupt
downward-sloping
profuse in
material possessions
impregnation pickling
Tính thường xuyên
Phát âm là (IPA)
/stiːp/
Từ nguyên (English)
In summary
From Middle English steep, from Old English stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”). Compare Old Frisian stāp ("high, towering"; > Modern Saterland Frisian stiep (“steep”)), Dutch stoop (“grand; proud”), Middle High German stouf (“towering cliff, precipice”), Middle High German stief (“steep”)). The Proto-Indo-European root (and related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”). The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.
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