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
(Grammar)denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative (语法)间接(格)的,斜(格)的
noun
(Brit.). another term for slash (in sense 2) (英)。 同 slash (义项2)
a muscle neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb 斜肌