oblique

oblique
[əˈbliːk]
adjective
  1. neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting
    斜的,斜向的;倾斜的
    we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace.
    我们坐在与壁炉成斜角的靠背长椅上。
    ■not explicit or direct in addressing a point
    (论述)不明晰的;不直截了当的;转弯抹角的,间接的
    he issued an oblique attack on the President.
    他对总统发出了转弯抹角的攻击之辞。
    ■(Geometry)(of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle
    (几何)(线、平面图形或表面)斜的,倾斜的
    ■(Geometry)(of an angle) acute or obtuse
    (几何)(角)斜的
    ■(Geometry)(of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base
    (几何)(圆锥体、圆柱体等)斜的,偏斜的
    ■(Anatomy)(especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb
    (剖)(尤指肌肉)斜的
  2. (Grammar)denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative
    (语法)间接(格)的,斜(格)的
noun
  1. (Brit.). another term for slash (in sense 2)
    (英)。 同 slash (义项2)
  2. a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb
    斜肌
派生
obliquely
adverb
obliqueness
noun
obliquity
[əˈblɪkwɪti]
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin obliquus
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