ramp

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ramp1 /ræmp/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  TTDHa slope that has been built to connect two places that are at different levels 人造斜坡；坡道 Ramps are needed at exits and entrances for wheelchair users. 出入口处需有坡道供坐轮椅者使用。 →4  See picture of 见图 BARRIER2  American EnglishTTR a road for driving onto or off a large main road 〔进出主干道的〕支路，岔道，匝道 SYN British English slip road Take the Lake Drive ramp at Charles Street. 到查尔斯街时上湖滨大道支路。off-/on-ramp They missed the off-ramp to Manhattan. 他们错过了去曼哈顿的出口匝道。

Examples from the Corpus

ramp• The back of the truck was flung open, a ramp was let down, and the loading began.• To the right there was a ramp down to a double garage on basement level.• I hit a patch of ice as I entered the ramp to the expressway.• Ah, the stink of the ramp.• The next day she was gone and the next night I was back on the ramp.• Eventually it is intended to remove the ramp which presently gives access to the pattern room.• She eased her speed to turn off to the ramp.• Sure I bumped my stump, showing off how mobile I am and how cunningly I have converted all stairs to ramps.ramp2 verb  1 ramp something ↔ up phrasal verb a) to try to persuade people that a company’s shares are worth more than they really are 哄抬〔股价〕 To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable. 在要约收购期间抬高股价是不可接受的。b) if a company ramps up an activity, it increases it 提高，使增加 Producers can quickly ramp up production. 厂商可以迅速增加产量。 —ramp-up noun [countable usually singular]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

ramp• So there will always be ramping.• Small quantities are already being sampled and volume production starts to ramp in January.• The erosion was anticipated because of Sparcstation 10 Model 41 shortages and the cost of ramping up new product production.• Research on the station will ramp up slower than expected because of smaller crews and limited resources.From Longman Business Dictionaryrampramp /ræmp/ verb → ramp something → up→ See Verb tableOrigin ramp1 (1700-1800) French rampe, from ramper; → RAMPANT

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ramp¹ /ræmp/ noun [countable]1. a slope that has been built to connect two places that are at different levels:
    Ramps are needed at exits and entrances for wheelchair users.
2. American English a road for driving onto or off a large main road
   SYN  slip road British English:
    Take the Lake Drive ramp at Charles Street.
    off-/on-ramp
    They missed the off-ramp to Manhattan.

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ramp² verb
     
ramp something ↔ up phrasal verb
  1. to try to persuade people that a company’s shares are worth more than they really are:
    To ramp up a share price during a takeover bid is unacceptable.
  2. if a company ramps up an activity, it increases it:
    Producers can quickly ramp up production.
—ramp-up noun [countable usually singular]