基本词汇
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
副词: cantingly 名词: cantingness 过去式: canted 过去分词: canted 现在分词: canting 第三人称单数: cants
英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
noun
1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Synonym: bevelchamfer
2. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Synonym: buzzword
3. insincere talk about religion or morals
Synonym: pious platitude
4. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
e.g. they don't speak our lingo
Synonym: slangjargonlingoargotpatoisvernacular
5. 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
Synonym: bankcamber
verb
1. heel over
e.g. The tower is tilting
The ceiling is slanting
Synonym: cant overtiltslantpitch
1. (有关道德或宗教的)虚伪言辞,伪善的话,空话
If you refer to moral or religious statements as cant, you are criticizing them because you think the person making them does not really believe what they are saying.
e.g. ...politicians holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant.
政客们夸夸其谈,依旧是那些虚伪的大道理。
1. 斜面:cant hook 钩杆 | cant 斜面 | cantalite 松脂流纹岩
2.
2. 倾斜:canal tunnel 渠道隧洞 | cant 倾斜 | cant column 多角柱
经典引文
The talk about a nasty world and living pure in a nunnery was just the cant of those days.
出自:G. SantayanaTo condemn an interest in sex is sheer hypocrisy and cant.
出自:A. S. NeillThe boat took a sudden yaw..which canted me overboard.
出自:J. Smeaton别人正在查
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