incline英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A slope.

— To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
A portal of a subway tunnel.

— the Pleasant Street Incline

动词 v.

To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical. transitive

— He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
To slope. intransitive

— Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc. intransitive

— He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.

词形变化

inclines present,singular,third-person inclining participle,present inclined participle,past inclined past encline alternative,obsolete inclines plural encline alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词

disincline inclinable inclinator incliningly misincline preincline uninclining incline elevator incline lift inclineman inclinometer

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der.
Proto-Italic *kleināō
Latin clīnō
Latin inclīnāre
Old French enclinerbor.
Middle English enclinen
English incline
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *ḱley-der.
Proto-Italic *kleināō
Latin clīnō
Latin inclīnāre
Old French enclinerbor.
Middle English enclinen
English incline
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).