steepとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English steep, from 古期英語 stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, stick”).^[1]

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 (かつ 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.^[1]

形容詞

steep (comparative steeper, superlative steepest)

1. Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward at an angle near vertical.

   a steep hill or mountain; a steep roof; a steep ascent; a steep barometric gradient

2. (informal) expensive

   Twenty quid for a shave? That's a bit steep.

3. (obsolete) Difficult to access; not easy reached; lofty; elevated; high.
   • 1596, George Chapman, De Guiana, carmen Epicum

     Her ears and thoughts in steep amaze erected

4. (of the rake of a ship's mast, または a car's windshield) resulting in a mast or windshield angle that strongly diverges from the perpendicular

   The steep rake of the windshield enhances the fast lines of the exterior.

同意語

• (dialectal) brant

派生語

• steepen

名詞

steep (複数形 steeps)

1. The steep side of a mountain etc.; a slope or acclivity.
   • 1833, Benjamin Disraeli, The Wondrous Tale of Alroy:

     It ended precipitously in a dark and narrow ravine, formed on the other side by an opposite mountain, the lofty steep of which was crested by a city gently rising on a gradual slope

語源 2

From Middle English stepen, from Old Norse steypa (“to make stoop, cast down, pour out, cast (metal)”)^[2][3], from Proto-Germanic *staupijaną (“to tumble, make tumble, plunge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- (“to push, hit”). Cognate with Danish støbe (“cast (metal)”), Norwegian støpe, støype, Swedish stöpa (“to found, cast (metal)”), 古期英語 stūpian (“to stoop, bend the back, slope”). Doublet of stoop.

動詞

steep (三人称単数 現在形 steeps, 現在分詞 steeping, 過去形および過去分詞形 steeped)

1. (transitive, middle) To soak or wet thoroughly.

   They steep skins in a tanning solution to create leather.

   The tea is steeping.

   • 1820, William Wordsworth, Composed at Cora Linn, in sight of Wallace's Tower:

     In refreshing dews to steep / The little, trembling flowers.

2. (intransitive, figurative) To imbue with something; to be deeply immersed in.

   a town steeped in history

   • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

     The learned of the nation were steeped in Latin.

   • 1989, Black 47, Big Fellah:

     We fought against each other, two brothers steeped in blood / But I never doubted that your heart was broken in the flood / And though we had to shoot you down in golden Béal na mBláth / I always knew that Ireland lost her greatest son of all.

派生語

• insteep

名詞

steep (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 steeps)

1. A liquid used in a steeping process

   Corn steep has many industrial uses.

2. A rennet bag.

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