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单词 slanted
释义 ˈslanted, ppl. a.
[f. slant v. + -ed1.]
1. Having an oblique or sloping direction; cut, placed, or driven aslant.
1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 439 The slanted side of a Quoin.1818Keats Endym. iv. 333 In less time Than shoots the slanted hail-storm.1851Trench Poems 24 The slanted columns of the noon-day light.1891Pall Mall G. 12 Jan. 7/1 The flames rise from the furnace and pass..in between the slanted tubes.
2. Biased, tendentious.
1959Listener 2 Apr. 580/2 A consistently slanted picture of Soviet policy.1967‘R. Simons’ Taxed to Death v. 80 Why are you asking me all these slanted questions about Nathin?1978Detroit Free Press 16 Apr. e8/1 ‘The material coming our way is so slanted on gun control and hunting's role in wildlife management, I can't, in good conscience, pass it on to our youngsters,’ he had said.
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