ramp
An inclined surface that connects two levelsAn inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
» They have paved the on-ramp.
Sie haben die Auffahrt gepflastert.
Они замостили въезд на шоссе.
Они замостили въезд на главную дорогу.
Meaning
18 sensesAn inclined surface that connects two levels; an incline.
Rampe, Auffahrt
съездsʺjezd, склонsklon, па́ндусpándus
па́ндусpándus
an inclined surface connecting two levels
(Canada, US)An interchange, a road that connects a freeway to a surface street or another freeway.
A structure with an inclined surface made for stunts, as for jumping motorcycles or other vehicles.
A mobile staircase that is attached to the doors of an aircraft at an airport.
Gangway, Rampe
трапtrap
a movable staircase that passengers use to board or leave an aircraft
A way of hitting a boundary by facing the bat face front and pushing with force to launch the ball. 100% of it done against pace.
He hit three ramps in a row to push his team near the opponents total.
A large parking area in an airport for aircraft, for loading and unloading or for storage (see also apron and tarmac).
A surface inside the air intake of a supersonic aircraft which adjusts in position to allow for efficient shock wave compression of incoming air at a wide range of different Mach numbers.
A construction used to do skating tricks, usually in the form of part of a pipe.
A scale of values.
A speed bump.
(slang)An act of violent robbery.
(slang)A deliberate swindle or fraud.
Examples
30 sentencesThey have paved the on-ramp.
ruОни замостили въезд на шоссе. — odexed
deSie haben die Auffahrt gepflastert. — Yorwba
I'm near the on ramp to 25 north.
Tom's car stalled going up the ramp.
They haven’t yet ramped them up into production.
There was a tiny ramp overlooking the ocean.
Translations
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Origin
From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“From French rampe, from Middle French rampe, deverbal of ramper, from Old French ramper (“to crawl, climb, scale up”), from Frankish *hrampōn (“to contract oneself, wrinkle, rumple, crumple, curve”), from Proto-Germanic *hrimpaną (“to shrivel, shrink”). Cognate with German Rampf (“retraction, curvature, shrinkage, spasm”). Doublet of romp.
]See ramson.
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