| 单词 | slant |
| 释义 | slant (once / 1001 pages) vn To slant is to tilt or slope sharply to one side. Many streets in San Francisco are so steep that they slant dramatically upward. You can slant the brim of your hat down to keep the sun out of your eyes, and the sun itself can slant at a lower angle (or slant), forcing you to put on your dark sunglasses. There's also the slant that means "show bias," the way a newspaper reporter does when she slants a story in favor of one political party over another. Slant was originally slenten, "slip sideways," from a Germanic root. WORD FAMILYslant: slanted, slanting, slants+/slanting: slantingly USAGE EXAMPLESAt the snap, defensive end Jonathan Allen slanted inside and knocked down both the offensive tackle and the guard. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Pitch-perfect performances put a fraught personal slant on gentrification in the 21st century. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) He also mentioned the slant pass Nelson caught and turned into a 41-yard gain in the fourth quarter. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1v incline or bend from a vertical position Syn|Hypo|Hyper angle, lean, tilt, tip incline, pitch, slope be at an angle weathercause to slope heel, listtilt to one side lean back, reclinemove the upper body backwards and down ascendslope upwards stoopsag, bend, bend over or down fallslope downward climbslope upward dipslope downwards fall backfall backwards and down bend, flex form a curve 2v lie obliquely A scar slanted across his face Hyper lie be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position 3v heel over The ceiling is slanting Syn|Hypo|Hyper cant, cant over, pitch, tilt cock tilt or slant to one side move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 4v present with a bias Syn|Hyper angle, weight bias, predetermine cause to be biased 5n degree of deviation from a horizontal plane Syn|Hypo|Hyper pitch, rake loft (golf) the backward slant on the head of some golf clubs that is designed to drive the ball high in the air gradient, slope the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal 6n a biased way of looking at or presenting something Syn|Hyper angle point of view, stand, standpoint, viewpoint a mental position from which things are viewed |
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