oblique

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o·blique1 /əˈbliːk/ adjectiveadj

1 CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDnot expressed in a direct way 间接的，不直截了当的 SYN indirect

an oblique reference to his drinking problem

拐弯抹角地提及他的酗酒问题

2 SIDEnot looking, pointing etc directly at something 斜的，倾斜的

an oblique glance

斜瞥

3. oblique line/stroke etc AVDa sloping line etc 斜线等

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oblique line/stroke etc• The gill openings were arranged in an oblique line as in lampreys.• The apparent movement of both the lion and the Cupids along an imaginary, oblique line is largely responsible for this effect.• Also it should be lit at night and have traffic cones placed in an oblique line on the approach to it.

4. oblique angle technicalHM an angle that is not 90 degrees 斜角

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oblique angle• After a few embarrassed minutes the mourners slowly departed, leaving Flaubert jammed into the ground at an oblique angle.• You can make it look two or three times thicker that way, by cutting on a really oblique angle.• Coastal Refraction alters the bearings, particularly when bearings are at an oblique angle to the coastline. 6.• One is to enter a drama at an oblique angle to the main issue.

—obliquely adverbadv

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oblique• Press him too closely about his family, though, and he becomes oblique and evasive.• Albeit in an oblique fashion, Soviet Socialist Realism thus influenced the development of western high art.• Also it should be lit at night and have traffic cones placed in an oblique line on the approach to it.• an oblique line• She gave me an oblique look.• She changed the subject when I posed an oblique question about the boys' father.• Reneé made oblique references to his drinking problem.• an oblique route• Both conventional and oblique viewing are possible.• It was only in such oblique ways that he referred to his state of deserted, now divorced, husband.

oblique reference• Cuthbert's oblique reference to Aldfrith in his reply seems to have satisfied her.• The story of Aphrodite does include an oblique reference to Demeter.• It contains one direct and one oblique reference to electrical shocks.

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oblique2 noun [countableC] British EnglishBrE

HMNa mark (/) used for writing fractions or for separating numbers, letters, words etc 斜线符号 SYN slash

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oblique• You get internal obliques and then external obliques on the way up, correct?• Single-frame shots of a site or feature are usual, although stereoscopic pairs of obliques considerably assist subsequent interpretation.• It is the obliques and abdominals which create the well trained look.

Origin oblique

(1400-1500) Latin obliquus

o·blique1 adjectiveadjoblique2 noun

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