Slant
[slɑːnt] or [slænt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a biased way of looking at or presenting something.
(verb.) present with a bias; 'He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders'.
(verb.) lie obliquely; 'A scar slanted across his face'.
錄入:劳伦斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie obliquely; to slope.
(v. t.) To turn from a direct line; to give an oblique or sloping direction to; as, to slant a line.
(n.) A slanting direction or plane; a slope; as, it lies on a slant.
(n.) An oblique reflection or gibe; a sarcastic remark.
(v. i.) Inclined from a direct line, whether horizontal or perpendicular; sloping; oblique.
手打:维吉尔
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Slanting.
n. Slope.
v. n. Slope, lean, incline.
安德里亚錄入
解釋/意思:
adj. sloping: oblique: inclined from a direct line—also Slan′ting.—n. a slope: a gibe: (slang) a chance.—v.i. to turn in a sloping direction.—v.i. to slope to incline towards: (Scot.) to exaggerate to lie.—adj. Slantendic′ūlar oblique: indirect.—advs. Slan′tingly in a slanting direction: with a slope or inclination; Slant′ly Slant′wise in a sloping oblique or inclined manner.—Slant-of-wind a transitory breeze of favourable wind.
丹尼斯編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- She seemed to have lost sight of her friend's part in the incident: her inward vision had taken another slant. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- These are anti-aircraft, two wheels with the gun barrel slanted up. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- So we slanted to the right (where the East was), and Joe pounded away so wonderfully, that I had to hold on tight to keep my seat. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- As she reached Fiftieth Street the clouds broke abruptly, and a rush of cold rain slanted into her face. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Permit me, sir--if you hold the card a little slanting, this way, you catch the light upon the up-stroke. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Light falling in a slanting direction is partly reflected and partly enters the stone; that part which enters is refracted or bent and causes the internal brilliancy. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- They looked up at the long, low house, dim and glamorous in the wet morning, its cedar trees slanting before the windows. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- To overcome this difficulty skew bridges were designed, that crossed roads and canals in slanting directions. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- The blast pipe comes through the wall, and enters the fire through a flue which slants downward. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
校對:米利森特