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1 steep
adj. brant; överdriven--------v. lägga i blöt; dränka, genomsyra* * *I [sti:p] adjective1) ((of eg a hill, stairs etc) rising with a sudden rather than a gradual slope: The hill was too steep for me to cycle up; a steep path; a steep climb.) brant2) ((of a price asked or demand made) unreasonable or too great: He wants rather a steep price for his house, doesn't he?; That's a bit steep!) orimlig, magstark•- steeply II [sti:p](to soak thoroughly.) lägga i blöt, genomdränka -
2 steep road
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3 ski jump
skidhopp* * *1) (a competition between skiers to see who will jump furthest off a steep slope.)2) (a steep snow-covered slope before a sharp drop, to help skiers leap into the air.) -
4 ascent
n. klättring; bestigning; stigande* * *[-t]1) (the act of climbing or going up: The ascent of Mount Everest.) bestigning, uppstigning, uppfärd2) (a slope upwards: a steep ascent.) stigning -
5 brink
n. rand, kant, brädd* * *[briŋk](the edge or border of a steep, dangerous place or of a river.) kant, brant -
6 canyon
n. kanjon, djup flodbädd, ravin* * *['kænjən](a deep valley between high steep banks, usually containing a river: the Grand Canyon.) kanjon -
7 cliff
n. Cliff (förnamn)* * *[klif](a high steep rock, especially one facing the sea.) klippa, stup, bergvägg -
8 crag
n. klippspets, klippa* * *[kræɡ](a rough, steep mountain or rock.) brant (skrovlig) klippa, klippspets- craggy -
9 descent
n. nedstigande, nedgång; härstamning, härkomst; plötsligt överfall; överlåtelse genom arv* * *[-t]1) (the act of descending: The descent of the hill was quickly completed.) nedstigande, nedgång, nedfärd2) (a slope: That is a steep descent.) sluttning, nedförsbacke3) (family; ancestry: She is of royal descent.) härkomst, börd -
10 hill
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11 labour
n. labourpartiet, politiskst parti* * *['leibə] 1. noun1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) arbete2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) arbetskraft, arbetare3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) förlossningsarbete, värkar4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) Labour2. verb1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) arbeta []2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) arbeta sig fram•- laboriously
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12 on all fours
på alla fyra* * *(on hands and knees: He went up the steep path on all fours.) på alla fyra -
13 precipice
n. stup; klippa; klyfta; avgrund; fara* * *['presipis](a steep cliff.) brant, stup, avgrund -
14 precipitous
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15 rolling
adj. rullande--------n. kullerbytta; rullning; rullande* * *adjective ((of a landscape) having low hills and shallow valleys, without steep slopes.) böljande, kuperad -
16 sheer
adj. ren, (rena rama), total; tunn; genomskinlig; tvär, lodrät--------adv. rent, totalt; rakt; tvärbrant--------n. gir, sväng--------v. gira, svänga, ändra riktning; avvika* * *I 1. [ʃiə] adjective1) (absolute: Her singing was a sheer delight; It all happened by sheer chance.) ren2) (very steep: a sheer drop to the sea.) tvärbrant, lodrät3) ((of cloth) very thin: sheer silk.) mycket tunn, skir2. adverb(verticaly: The land rises sheer out of the sea.) tvärt, raktII [ʃiə] -
17 skid
n. bromskloss, hämsko; sladdning, sladdspår; glidrulle, glidstock--------v. sladda, slira* * *[skid] 1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) sladda, slira, kana2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) sladd2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) kloss -
18 slant
adj. sluttande, lutande--------n. lutning; böjning; tendens; synvinkel, synpunkt--------v. slutta, luta; vara böjd; förvanska; vinkla* * *1. verb(to be, lie etc at an angle, away from a vertical or horizontal position or line; to slope: The house is very old and all the floors and ceilings slant a little.) slutta, luta2. noun(a sloping line or direction: The roof has a steep slant.) lutning, sluttning- slanting -
19 steeply
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20 stilts
[stil ]1) (a pair of poles with supports for the feet, on which a person may stand and so walk raised off the ground.) styltor2) (tall poles fixed under a house etc to support it eg if it is built on a steep hillside.) pålar
См. также в других словарях:
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Steep — Steep, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Steeped} (st[=e]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Steeping}.] [OE. stepen, probably fr. Icel. steypa to cause to stoop, cast down, pour out, to cast metals, causative of st[=u]pa to stoop; cf. Sw. st[ o]pa to cast, to steep, Dan.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
steep — adj Steep, abrupt, precipitous, sheer mean having an incline approaching the perpendicular. The words are here arranged in ascending order of degree of perpendicularity. Steep implies so sharp a slope or pitch that ascent or descent is difficult… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Steep-down — (st[=e]p doun ), a. Deep and precipitous; having steep descent. [R.] [1913 Webster] Wash me in steep down gulfs of liquid fire. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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