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obliquitous

/uh-blik-wi-tee, oh-blik-/US // əˈblɪk wɪ ti, oʊˈblɪk- //UK // (əˈblɪkwɪtɪ) //

仄仄的,仄仄平平,倾斜的,仄平的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·bliq·ui·ties.

    • : the state of being oblique.
    • : divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like.
    • : an instance of such divergence.
    • : mental perversity.
    • : an instance of mental perversity.
    • : an inclination or a degree of inclination.
    • : a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing, especially one deliberately made obscure.
    • : Also called obliquity of the ecliptic. Astronomy. the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator, equal to 23°27′; the inclination of the earth's equator.

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Examples

  • This perhaps accounted for the obliquity of his glance, which, some believed, conveyed a useful hint about his character.

  • They were wide and brown, deep as grotto pools, and strange, with a hint of obliquity alien to him by untold centuries.

  • On the contrary, what I see in it is a spurious sensibility and that moral obliquity to which I have referred.

  • If the obliquity of the ecliptic were made 10 greater, what would be the effect upon the seasons in the temperate zones?

  • All darkness had not passed away from their understandings, nor all obliquity from their hearts.