cant

英[kænt] 美[kænt]
  • n. 倾斜；斜面；斜角；伪善之言；黑话
  • v. (使)倾斜；伪善地说；说术语
  • adj. 倾斜的
cantingly cantingness canted canted canting cants
GRE
星级词汇:
  • canaan n.[圣经]迦南(上帝应允给亚伯拉罕的地方)

详细释义

Noun:
  1. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

  2. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

  3. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);

    "they don't speak our lingo"

  4. insincere talk about religion or morals

  5. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Verb:
  1. heel over;

    "The tower is tilting"
    "The ceiling is slanting"

双语例句

1. There has been a great deal of politician's cant.
说了一大堆政客惯用的言不由衷的话.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.
船只出现向左舷危险倾斜.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. He knows thieves'cant.
他懂盗贼的黑话.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. I'cant abear a sulk.
我不能容忍爱生闷气的人.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. That cant about cures were never got up by sound practitioners.
那种左道旁门的医术,脚踏实地的医师是从来不屑一顾的.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.
      船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
    2. There has been a great deal of politician's cant.
      说了一大堆政客惯用的言不由衷的话。
    3. The Prefect was fond of the cant of diplomacy.
      这位警察局长很爱好外交辞令。

用法讲解

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