Definition

1. Noun:

   • A slope; an incline: A surface that is not level, typically a section of ground or a road that goes up or down.
   • A steep hill or gradient: A pronounced upward or downward slope, often on a road or path.

2. Adjective:

   • Sloping; steep: Describing a surface that is at a sharp angle, not horizontal.

3. Verb:

   • To slope; to dip: To be in a sloping position or to have a downward incline.
   • To empty; to pour out: To turn a container upside down to remove all of its liquid contents.
   • To devote; to pour (effort, resources): To concentrate or channel all of one's energy or resources into something.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • Đường này có một cái dốc rất cao. (This road has a very steep slope.)
  • Xe đạp xuống dốc rất nhanh. (The bicycle goes down the hill very fast.)

• Adjective:

  • Mái nhà dốc. (The roof is sloping.)
  • Con đường hơi dốc. (The road is slightly steep.)

• Verb:

  • Con đường dốc về phía nam. (The road slopes to the south.)
  • Cô ấy dốc hết nước trong chai. (She emptied all the water from the bottle.)
  • Anh ấy dốc toàn bộ tiền tiết kiệm vào dự án. (He poured all his savings into the project.)

Advanced Usage

• "dốc ngược": to turn upside down.

  • Nó dốc ngược cái túi để tìm chìa khóa. (He turned the bag upside down to look for the key.)

• "dốc lòng": to be wholeheartedly devoted; to put one's heart into something.

  • Tôi dốc lòng giúp đỡ cô ấy. (I am wholeheartedly devoted to helping her.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dốc đứng (adj): sheer; precipitous; very steep.

  • Vách đá dốc đứng. (The cliff is sheer.)

• Dốc sức (v): to exert all one's strength; to strive with all effort.

  • Các vận động viên dốc sức trong phần thi cuối. (The athletes exerted all their strength in the final round.)

Synonyms

• Noun: Incline, gradient, hill.
• Adjective: Inclined, slanted, steep.
• Verb: Tilt, empty, pour, devote.

Related Idioms

• Dốc túi: to empty one's pockets (often meaning to spend all one's money).

  • Anh ta dốc túi để mua chiếc xe mới. (He emptied his pockets to buy the new car.)

• Lên dốc xuống đèo: to go up slopes and down passes (idiomatically describing a difficult, arduous journey or endeavor).

  • Công việc kinh doanh của họ trải qua quãng thời gian lên dốc xuống đèo. (Their business went through a period of many ups and downs.)

noun

1. slope; ineline
   • đường dốc
     sloping street

adj

1. sloping

verb

1. to slope; to dip
   • đường hơi dốc
     The road dipped a little to empty; to turn upside down
   • dốc túi
     to empty one's pockets of their contents