• adj. 陡峭的；不合理的；夸大的；急劇升降的
• vt. 泡；浸；使…充滿
• vi. 泡；沉浸
• n. 峭壁；浸漬

來自古英語 steap,高聳的，深的，突出的，來自 Proto-Germanic*staupaz,高的，深的，來自 PIE*steup,擴大形式自 steu,推，擊，打，刺，詞源同 stoop,study,type.引申詞義陡峭的，急劇 的等。

steep

steep: English has two words steep. The adjective, ‘precipitous’ [OE], originally meant ‘very high’. It came from the prehistoric Germanic base *staup-, *stūp-, which also produced English steeple [OE] (etymologically a ‘high’ tower) and stoop [OE]. The verb steep ‘soak’ [14] probably came via an unrecorded Old English *stīepan from prehistoric Germanic *staupjan. This was formed from the base *staup-, *stup-, which also produced English stoup ‘water vessel’ [14] (a borrowing from Old Norse).
=> steeple, stoop, stoup

steep (adj.)

"having a sharp slope," Old English steap "high, lofty; deep; prominent, projecting," from Proto-Germanic *staupaz (cognates: Old Frisian stap "high, lofty," Middle High German *stouf), from PIE *steup-, extended form of root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat," with derivations referring to projecting objects (cognates: Greek typtein "to strike," typos "a blow, mold, die;" Sanskrit tup- "harm," tundate "pushes, stabs;" Gothic stautan "push;" Old Norse stuttr "short"). The sense of "precipitous" is from c. 1200. The slang sense "at a high price" is a U.S. coinage first attested 1856. Related: Steeply; steepness. The noun meaning "steep place" is from 1550s.

steep (v.)

"to soak in a liquid," early 14c., of uncertain origin, originally in reference to barley or malt, probably cognate with Old Norse steypa "to pour out, throw" (perhaps from an unrecorded Old English cognate), from Proto-Germanic *staupijanan. Related: Steeped; steeping.

1. She started once again on the steep upward climb.

她又開始沿著陡峭的山路往上爬。

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2. Both he and the crew are on a steep learning curve.

他和組員們都學(xué)得很快。

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3. San Francisco is built on 40 hills and some are very steep.

舊金山建在40座小山丘上，其中一些非常陡峭。

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4. The Newton Hotel is halfway up a steep hill.

麗東酒店位于陡峭的半山腰上。

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5. The men had to slog up a steep muddy incline.

人們只得在陡峭而泥濘的斜坡上艱難地行進(jìn)。

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