slant

英 [slɑːnt] 美 [slænt]

解释

※ 提供单词"slant"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

slant 使倾斜，歪斜，倾向性的陈述和报道

词源不详，可能来自辅音丛 sl-,滑的，词源同 slip,slide,slope.引申词义使倾斜，歪斜，后用于比喻义倾向性的陈述的报道。

slant (n.): 1650s, "an oblique direction or plane" (originally of landforms), from slant (v.). Meaning "a way of regarding something" is from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "a slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).
slant (v.): 1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c. 1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

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1. The political slant at Focus can be described as centre-right.: 《焦点》杂志的政治立场可以称为中间偏右。

2. You're slightly above the garden because the house is on a slant.: 由于房子是倾斜的，所以你的位置稍微高于花园。

3. Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.: 快关窗户,别让雨点潲进来.