uphill
AdverbAdjektivSubstantivVerbin Dialogen belegt
- //ʌpˈhɪl//
Up a slope, towards higher ground.
Adverb
- 1
Up a slope, towards higher ground.
- 2
With difficulty.
Herkunft
From up + hill.
Adjektiv
- 1
Located up a slope or on a hill.
- 2
Going up a slope or a hill.
“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.
The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.
- 3
Difficult or laborious.
For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.
Substantiv
- 1
An uphill route.
Verb
- 1
To travel uphill.
Formen
- Plural
- uphills
- Komparativ
- further uphill, farther uphill
- Superlativ
- furthest uphill, farthest uphill
- Präteritum
- uphilled
- Partizip II
- uphilled
- Partizip I
- uphilling
- 3. Person Singular
- uphills
uphill · Up a slope, towards higher ground.
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