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单词 slant
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slant

verb
/slɑːnt/
/slænt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slant
/slɑːnt/
/slænt/
he / she / it slants
/slɑːnts/
/slænts/
past simple slanted
/ˈslɑːntɪd/
/ˈslæntɪd/
past participle slanted
/ˈslɑːntɪd/
/ˈslæntɪd/
-ing form slanting
/ˈslɑːntɪŋ/
/ˈslæntɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] to slope or to make something slope in a particular direction or at a particular angle
    • + adv./prep. (literary) The sun slanted through the window.
    • slant something + adv./prep. Slant your skis a little more to the left.
  2. [transitive] slant something (+ adv./prep.) (sometimes disapproving) to present information based on a particular way of thinking, especially in an unfair way
    • The findings of the report had been slanted in favour of the manufacturers.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.

slant

noun
/slɑːnt/
/slænt/
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  1. a sloping position
    • Her chin took on a stubborn slant.
    • at a slant The sofa faced the fire at a slant.
    • They held their spears at a slant.
    • on the slant Cut the flower stems on the slant.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarypreposition
    • at a slant
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  2. slant (on something/somebody) a way of thinking about something, especially one that shows support for a particular opinion or point of view
    • She put a new slant on the play.
    • Her book looks at his writings from a feminist slant.
    Extra Examples
    • He puts his own particular slant on everything.
    • That's a different slant on the causes of the First World War.
    • The story gives a new slant to his character.
    • The story has a definite liberal slant to it.
    • an article with a right-wing slant
    • the overall slant of newspaper coverage of the campaign
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • different
    • modern
    • new
    • …
    verb + slant
    • give something
    • have
    • put
    • …
    preposition
    • with a…slant
    • slant on
    • slant to
    • …
    phrases
    • a/​somebody’s slant on things
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    3. Word Originlate Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by aslant.
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