slant

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

slants

1.
A slope; an incline, inclination.
The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
2.
A sloped surface or line.
3.
(mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4.
(typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
Đồng nghĩa: slash, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text
5.
An oblique movement or course.
6.
(biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
7.
A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
8.
A depression on a palette with a sloping bottom for holding and mixing watercolours.
9.
A palette or similar container with slants or sloping depressions.
10.
(US, obsolete)A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
11.
(slang)An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
12.
(Australia, slang)A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
13.
(originally US) A point of view, an angle.
It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
Đồng nghĩa: bias
14.
(US)A look, a glance.
15.
(US, derogatory, ethnic, slur)(US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

slants

V_ing/Gerund

slanting

V_ed/pp

slanted

1.
(ambitransitive)To lean, tilt or incline.
If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
2.
(transitive)To bias or skew.
The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.
3.
(Scotland, intransitive)To lie or exaggerate.

Tính từ

adjective

1.
Sloping; oblique; slanted.

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Đồng nghĩa

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Trái nghĩa

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Nguồn gốc từ

Late Middle English -, from a variant of the earlier form dialectal slent, from Old Norse - or another - source, cognate with slent, slinta to slip, slenta to fall on the side, from Proto-Germanic *slintaną. Probably influenced by aslant.