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n.
傾斜;斜面;斜角;偽善之言;黑話
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v.
(使)傾斜;偽善地說;說術語
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adj.
傾斜的
Noun:
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stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
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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
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a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves);
"they don't speak our lingo"
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insincere talk about religion or morals
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two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Verb:
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heel over;
"The tower is tilting"
"The ceiling is slanting"
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用作名詞 (n.)
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The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.
船隊現身偏左舷危險物品傾倒。
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There has been a great deal of politician's cant.
講過重一堆官員慣用的言不由自主衷語句。
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The Prefect was fond of the cant of diplomacy.
那名警察局科長很癖好外交政策辭令。
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The talk about a nasty world and living pure in a nunnery was just the cant of those days.
出處: G. Santayana
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To condemn an interest in sex is sheer hypocrisy and cant.
選自: A. S. Neill
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The boat took a sudden yaw..which canted me overboard.
產自: J. Smeaton
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海詞英語詞典,十二年項目