a.

1. 陡峭的
   The car labored up the steep hill.

   車子吃力地向陡峭的山上開去。

2. 急劇升降的，大起大落的
   People were discontented with the steep rise in prices.

   人們對物價飛漲不滿。

3. 【口】（價格等）過高的，不合理的
   Your prices are pretty steep.

   你們的價格相當高。

4. 野心的，困難的
   That is a steep story.

   那是一個令人難以置信的故事。

n.

1. 陡坡；懸崖峭壁

vt.

1. 泡，浸泡；浸透
   She steeped the tea in boiling water.

   她用滾開的水泡茶。

2. 使埋頭，使沉湎；使充滿[H][（+in）]
   Professor Smith is steeped in surface physics.

   史密斯教授埋頭研究表面物理。

vi.

1. 泡，浸泡；浸透
   Let the tea leaves steep in boiling water for five minutes.

   讓茶葉在滾開的水中浸泡五分鐘。

n.

1. 浸泡
2. 浸泡液
   Put the rice in steep for some time before milling.

   碾磨之前先將大米浸泡一些時間。

adj.

1. rising or falling sharply; almost perpendicular.
2. (of a rise or fall in an amount) very large or rapid.
3. informal (of a price or demand) not reasonable; excessive.
   ▸dated (of a claim or account) exaggerated.

n.

v.

1. soak or be soaked in water or other liquid.
2. (usu. be steeped in) fill or imbue with a particular quality or influence.