Cant



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解释

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• n. 斜坡, 斜面; v. 使倾斜
• ［英］ n. 斜坡, 斜面 ( a sloping or slanting surface) ; v. 使倾斜 ( bevel)
• n. 隐语, 术语, 黑话
• ［英］ n. 隐语, 术语, 黑话 ( jargon)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English, probably from Middle Low German *kant
• Date: 14th century
• dialect England lively, lusty

II. verb

• Etymology: ［sup］3［/sup］cant
• Date: circa 1543
• transitive verb
  • 1. to give a cant or oblique edge to ; bevel
  • 2. to set at an angle ; tilt
  • 3. chiefly British to throw with a lurch
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to pitch to one side ; lean
  • 2. slope

III. noun

• Etymology: Middle English cant side, probably from Middle Dutch or Middle French dialect; Middle Dutch, edge, corner, from Middle French dialect (Picard), from Latin canthus, cantus iron tire, perhaps of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh cant rim; perhaps akin to Greek kanthos corner of the eye
• Date: 1603
• 1. obsolete corner, niche
• 2. an external angle (as of a building)
• 3. a log with one or more squared sides
• 4.
  • a. an oblique or slanting surface
  • b. inclination, slope

IV. adjective

• Date: 1663
• 1. having canted corners or sides
• 2. inclined 2

V. intransitive verb

• Etymology: perhaps from Middle French dialect (Norman-Picard) canter to tell, literally, to sing, from Latin cantare — more at chant
• Date: 1567
• 1. to talk or beg in a whining or singsong manner
• 2. to speak in cant or jargon
• 3. to talk hypocritically

VI. noun

• Date: 1640
• 1. affected singsong or whining speech
• 2.
  • a. the private language of the underworld
  • b. obsolete the phraseology peculiar to a religious class or sect
  • c. jargon 2
• 3. a set or stock phrase
• 4. the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments; especially the insincere use of pious words

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