| 单词 | diagonal |
| 释义 | diagonal (once / 1967 pages) adjn A diagonal is made out of a straight line that's set at an angle instead of straight up or across. If you picture a square and draw a line connecting the opposite corners, that’s a diagonal line. You’ll find diagonal lines in geometry, and also in the world around you. A quarterback might throw a diagonal pass that angles across the field, or you might buy a snazzy new leotard with diagonal stripes. Diagonal can be either a noun or an adjective. You could call the steep slope of a hill a diagonal across the sky, or you could talk about the diagonal hillside reaching up toward the clouds. WORD FAMILYdiagonal: diagonalise, diagonalize, diagonally, diagonals+/diagonalise: diagonalisation/diagonalize: diagonalizable, diagonalization USAGE EXAMPLESIt runs through the densely populated hills of the East Bay, sketching a diagonal line between San Jose and Richmond. The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) The entrance that begins on a diagonal and incorporates fouettés, or whipping turns, is a favorite. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Many of the pieces bear the brand’s distinctive diagonal, white, screen-printed stripes, a design detail carried over to the clothing racks. Los Angeles Times(Dec 14, 2016) 1adj having an oblique or slanted direction Syn aslant, aslope, slanted, slanting, sloped, sloping inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position 2adj connecting two nonadjacent corners of a plane figure or any two corners of a solid that are not in the same face a diagonal line across the page Syn oblique slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled 3n (geometry) a straight line connecting any two vertices of a polygon that are not adjacent Hyper straight line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature 4n a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric Syn|Hyper bias straight line a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature 5n (mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from the upper right to lower left entry Hyper set (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols 6n an oblique line of squares of the same color on a checkerboard the bishop moves on the diagonals Hypo|Hyper main diagonal, principal diagonal the diagonal of a square matrix running from the upper left entry to the lower right entry secondary diagonalthe diagonal of a square matrix running from the lower left entry to the upper right entry line a formation of people or things one behind another linea formation of people or things one beside another 7n a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Syn|Hyper separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
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