释义 |
ˈslenting, ppl. a. Also 7 slinting. [f. slent v.1] Oblique, indirect.
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. v. 66 Generally writing ingeniously, using sometimes slenting, seldome down-right railing. a1661― Worthies, London ii. (1662) 217 This if literally true, deserved a down-right (and not only so slenting a) mention. 1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. xix. xi. §2 (1669) 510/1 So by a slinting blow they hit God himself in contemning his Ambassador. |