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n.(名词)Angular deviation from a vertical or horizontal plane or surface; an inclination or a slope.倾斜:从一个垂直或水平面发生的倾斜;倾斜或斜面A slanted or oblique surface.斜面:一个倾的或倾斜的平面
A thrust or motion that tilts something.导致倾斜的动作:导致物体翻倒的一个突然的推力或移动The tilt caused by such a thrust or motion.因此引起的倾倒:由这样突然的震动或移动引起的倾倒An outer corner, as of a building.倾斜面:倾斜面,如一幢建筑的倾斜面v.(动词)cant.ed,cant.ing,cants v.tr.(及物动词)To set at an oblique angle; tilt.使倾斜:给一个倾斜的角;使倾斜To give a slanting edge to; bevel.斜切:给…一个倾斜的边;切出一个斜边To change the direction of suddenly.突然改变…的方向v.intr.(不及物动词)To lean to one side; slant.斜向一边;倾斜To take an oblique direction or course; swing around, as a ship.倾向一边:取一个斜的方向或路径,如船的偏斜
来源:Middle English [side] 中古英语 [面] from Old North French 源自 古法国北方方言 from Vulgar Latin *cantus [corner] 源自 俗拉丁语 *cantus [角] from Latin canthus [rim of wheel, tire] 源自 拉丁语 canthus [轮的边缘,轮胎] [of Celtic origin] [源于凯尔特语的]
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n.(名词)Monotonous talk filled with platitudes.无聊的话:满是平庸之辞的单调无味的话Hypocritically pious language.伪善的话:虚伪的虔诚语言The special vocabulary peculiar to the members of an underworld group; argot.黑话:下层社会成员所用的特殊词汇;隐语Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.哀诉声:哀诉声,如乞丐常用The special terminology understood among the members of a profession, discipline, or class but obscure to the general population; jargon.See Synonyms at dialect 术语,行话:在一个职业、学科或阶层的成员间能被理解的特殊术语,但对一般大众来说却晦涩难懂;专门术语参见 dialectv.intr.(不及物动词)cant.ed,cant.ing,cants To speak tediously or sententiously; moralize.说教:冗长地或言简意赅地说;说教To speak in argot or jargon.用黑话讲,用术语讲To speak in a whining, pleading tone.哀诉:用哀求的、乞求的声调讲
来源:Anglo-Norman cant [song, singing] 英法语 cant [歌,歌唱的] from canter [to sing] 源自 canter [歌唱] from Latin cant3re * see kan- 源自 拉丁语 cant3re *参见 kan-
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adv.(副词)cant.ingness
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