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steep

Word family
steep1 /stiːp/ ●●○ S3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp steeper, superlativesupl steepest)  
1 HORIZONTAL#a road, hill etc that is steep slopes at a high angle 〔路、山等〕陡的,陡峭的
 The road became rocky and steep.
路变得崎岖陡峭起来。
 a steep climb to the top
到山顶的一段陡坡
2 EXPENSIVEsteep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive 〔价格、收费等〕过高的,过分昂贵的 OPP low
 steep rents
昂贵的 租金
3 BIGinvolving a big increase or decrease 〔增加或减少〕大幅度的;急剧的 SYN sharp
 steep cuts in benefits
救济金的大幅度削减
steep increase/rise
 a steep increase in house prices
房价的急剧上涨
steep decrease/drop
 a steep drop in orders
订单的锐减
steeply adverbadv
steepness noun [uncountableU]
nCOLLOCATIONS
nouns
a steep hill
The car careered down the steep hill.
a steep slope
Coffee was grown on the steep slopes.
a steep bank
He scrambled down the steep bank.
a steep path/road
She stood at the top of the steep path leading down to the beach.
steep stairs
Martha led the way up the very steep stairs.
the steep sides of something
The steep sides of the valley were clothed in dense green forest.
a steep gradient formal (=a steep slope – used especially when talking about how steep something is)
The Snowdon Mountain Railway has the steepest gradient of any locomotive track in Britain.
a steep climb
A steep climb brought us to a wide rocky plateau.
a steep descent (=a steep journey, slope, or path downwards)
the steep descent into the beautiful Farndale Valley
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steep2 verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]  
1 be steeped in history/tradition/politics etc LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNTto have a lot of a particular quality 有丰富的历史/传统/政治等
 a town steeped in history
历史悠久的小城
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2 DFCto put food in a liquid and leave it there, so that it becomes soft or has the same taste as the liquid, or so that it gives the liquid its taste 浸泡〔食物〕
 Leave the tea bag to steep.
让茶包好好浸泡一下。
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From Longman Business Dictionary
steepsteep /stiːp/ adjectiveadj
1steep prices, charges etc are unusually expensive
Consumers are paying relatively steep prices for dairy products.
Anyone caught fiddling their expenses will face steep fines.
2a steep increase or rise in something is a very big increase
There has been a steep decline in oil prices.
a steep drop in consumer spending
steeply adverbadv
The Australian dollar isn’t likely to fall steeply.
Origin steep1
Old English steap high, steep, deep
steep2
(1300-1400) From an unrecorded Old English stiepan

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