slant

英 [slɑ?nt] 美[sl?nt]

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第三人稱單數(shù):?slants;過去式:?slanted;過去分詞:?slanted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?slanting;

1. slip => *sl- "slip" => slip, slope, slant. 在沒有外力作用下要傾斜、有斜坡才能滑動。
2. 諧音“是南梯”----是向南的梯子、斜梯。

slant 使傾斜，歪斜，傾向性的陳述和報道

詞源不詳，可能來自輔音叢 sl-,滑的，詞源同 slip,slide,slope.引申詞義使傾斜，歪斜，后用于比喻義傾向性的陳述的報道。

slant (n.): 1650s, "an oblique direction or plane" (originally of landforms), from slant (v.). Meaning "a way of regarding something" is from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "a slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).
slant (v.): 1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c. 1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

1. The political slant at Focus can be described as centre-right.: 《焦點》雜志的政治立場可以稱為中間偏右。

2. You're slightly above the garden because the house is on a slant.: 由于房子是傾斜的，所以你的位置稍微高于花園。

3. Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.: 快關(guān)窗戶,別讓雨點潲進來.