Oblique



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 间接的; 斜的
• ［英］ adj. 间接的 ( not straightforward) ; 斜的 ( inclined)
• ［类］ 反义词: direct ( 直接的)
• ［记］ ob ( 躺) +lique ( 歪斜的) -> 斜的
• ［例］ make oblique accusations ( 指桑骂槐)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English oblike, from Latin obliquus
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. neither perpendicular nor parallel ; inclined
  • b. having the axis not perpendicular to the base <an oblique cone>
  • c. having no right angle <an oblique triangle>
• 2.
  • a. not straightforward ; indirect; also obscure
  • b. devious, underhanded
• 3. situated obliquely and having one end not inserted on bone <oblique muscles>
• 4. taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward <an oblique photograph>
• ? obliquely adverb
• ? obliqueness noun

II. noun

• Date: circa 1608
• 1. something (as a line) that is oblique
• 2. any of several oblique muscles; especially any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the lateral walls of the abdomen

III. adverb

• Date: 1687
• at a 45 degree angle <to the right oblique, march>

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