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♦ steep (1) /sti:p/A a.1 erto; ripido; scosceso: a steep hill, un erto colle; una salita ripida; a steep descent, una discesa ripida3 (fam.) eccessivo; esorbitante: a steep price, un prezzo esorbitante (o salato); DIALOGO → - Wrong bill- «What's the total?» DIALOGO → - Wrong bill- «£65? That's a bit steep!», «Quant'è il totale?» «£65? Ma è un po' troppo!»4 (fam.) assurdo; esagerato; illogico; inverosimile: a steep statement, un'affermazione esagerata; It seems a bit steep that…, mi sembra davvero assurdo (fam.: mi pare grossa) che…B n.erta; china; pendio; precipizio● steep fall, scoscendimento □ (autom., USA) «steep hill 15%» ( cartello), «pendenza del 15%» □ a steep incline, una forte pendenza; un'erta □ (fin.) a steep rate of interest, un altissimo tasso d'interessesteeply avv. steep (2) /sti:p/n. [uc]1 bagno; immersione(to) steep /sti:p/A v. t.1 bagnare; immergere ( anche fig.); inzuppare; tuffare: Steep the vegetables in water, tuffa la verdura nell'acqua!; The square was steeped in moonlight, la piazza era immersa nel chiarore lunare; steeped in slumber, immerso nel sonno2 imbevere ( anche fig.); impregnare; saturare: He was steeped in Indian philosophy, era imbevuto di filosofia indiana3 (ind.) macerareB v. i.1 essere in macerazione; macerarsi
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