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aslant

/uh-slant, uh-slahnt/US // əˈslænt, əˈslɑnt //UK // (əˈslɑːnt) //

倾斜度,斜线,倾斜,倾斜的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : at a slant; slantingly; obliquely.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : slanting or on a slant; oblique.
prep.介词 preposition
  1. 1
    • : slantingly across; athwart.

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Examples

  • His hat, aslant over his brow, and took a pose on his toes for all of us.

  • It was all breeze and freshness, and the sunlight struck picturesquely aslant the hill-sides.

  • Mr. Wilding raised one eyebrow and looked aslant at Trenchard, whose weather-beaten face was suddenly agrin with stupefaction.

  • The chinks were red with the outer glow, and a stream of mote-laden sunlight, aslant, came in at the companionway.

  • Even the Villa seemed to greet her, with the sun aslant on it; and the trees, trembling and weeping golden tears.

  • The color-bearers kept well to the front with their flags, closely furled, aslant backward over their shoulders.