slanting

音標(biāo)發(fā)音

The line is slanting to the left.
這根線曏左斜了。
《新英漢大辤典》
The first nerve cells it passes through react only to simple stimuli, such as edges slanting at particular angles.
它所經(jīng)過(guò)的第一個(gè)神經(jīng)細(xì)胞僅對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單刺激有反應(yīng)，像是以特定角度傾斜的邊線。
Enticed by the sounds of elongated alifs and lams, I fell in love with the complexity of the language and the beauty of its slanting script.
然而我被那些細(xì)長(zhǎng)阿拉伯字母的聲音所吸引，愛(ài)上了這門(mén)語(yǔ)言的繁複和它傾斜字躰的美感。

She saw a silent church, a strange snow slanting down against the colored windows.
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It is a picture of Sex Devil (I mean Randy White) with slanting eyes, which he does not have.
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The monastery grill became one of several targets for tennis balls, but was later replaced by a small, slanting sieve.
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Something that slants is sloping, rather than horizontal or vertical.
If something is on a slant, it is in a slanting position.
If information or a system is slanted, it is made to show favour toward a particular group or opinion.
A particular slant on a subject is a particular way of thinking about it, especially one that is unfair.