单词 | oblique |
释义 | Word Frequency oblique(əˈbliːk) adjective 1. at an angle; slanting; sloping 2. geometry a. (of lines, planes, etc) neither perpendicular nor parallel to one another or to another line, plane, etc b. not related to or containing a right angle 3. indirect or evasive 4. grammar denoting any case of nouns, pronouns, etc, other than the nominative and vocative 5. biology having asymmetrical sides or planes an oblique leaf 6. (of a map projection) constituting a type of zenithal projection in which the plane of projection is tangential to the earth's surface at some point between the equator and the poles noun 7. something oblique, esp a line 8. another name for solidus (sense 1) 9. nautical the act of changing course by less than 90° 10. an aerial photograph taken at an oblique angle verb (intransitive) 11. to take or have an oblique direction 12. (of a military formation) to move forward at an angle Derived forms obliquely (oˈbliquely) adverb obliqueness (oˈbliqueness) noun Word origin C15: from Old French, from Latin oblīquus, of obscure origin |
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