单词 | slanting |
释义 | slantingn. The action of the verb; in quot. a1618 = perspective n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > perspective > [noun] prospective1533 perspective1563 slantinga1618 scene painting1706 scenography1738 skiagraphy1850 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [noun] > an oblique movement > glancing off glancinga1513 slanting1980 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > [noun] > a or the fall of rain > shower > driving or slanting drifta1400 scud1687 slanting1980 a1618 W. Raleigh Remains (1644) 136 Painted Tables (in which the art of Slanting is used) appear to the Eye, as if the parts of them were some higher, and some lower than the other. 1959 Times 15 May 6/7 It is still an even chance that any University production of [Shakespeare's plays] one samples will not be heavily flavoured with gimmickry or slanting. 1980 M. McMullen My Cousin Death (1981) 7 Not a gentle..rain..but an ill-natured heavy slanting from the northeast. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). slantingadv.adj. A. adv. In a sloping direction; slantingly. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] sidelonga1398 aslanta1400 aslopec1400 embelifc1400 a-sloutc1440 sleetc1440 slant1495 obliquely1503 shoringc1503 a-swash1530 biaswise1545 biasways1556 slantingly1570 sideways1572 slantwise1573 avelinges1577 bias?1578 askant1602 slopely1605 slantinga1625 oblique1667 bias-way1702 skew1706 slantly1719 inclinably1760 slantways1828 slantindicular1831 slantindicularly1834 skewly1896 slaunchways1933 the world > space > direction > [adverb] > off the direct line > obliquely asidec1369 aslanta1400 slant1495 obliquely1503 asklenta1540 askew1565 slantingly1570 slantwise1573 wry1575 bias?1578 askance1590 askant1602 slantinga1625 asquint1645 across1700 slantly1719 akimboc1796 slantways1828 aslantwise1852 slantingways1899 a1625 H. Mainwaring Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. 2301) Skegg, is that parte of the keele, which is cut slaunting [etc.]. 1699 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 9) 14 Cut off slanting above the Bud, with a very sharp Knife. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. 33 A thin nail driven slanting through the support..will make the framework quite firm. B. adj. a. That slants or slopes; lying, situated, or directed, obliquely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > oblique eavelongc1300 oblique?a1425 obliquida1599 sidelong1598 sideways1684 slanting1688 slant1793 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adjective] > oblique in motion embelifc1400 sklenting1568 diagonial1624 slanta1630 biasing1636 slanting1688 sidelong1695 diagonal1796 diagonic1881 the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] embelifc1400 inclining?c1400 oblique?a1425 inclinate?1440 hieldingc1480 inclined?a1500 bias1551 overthwart1594 sidelong1598 squinty1598 skew1609 traverse1609 skewed1611 obliquous1614 squint1703 inclinated1751 slanting1768 slanted1770 slant1776 aslant1791 diagonal1796 rakish1830 slantindicular1832 slantwise1856 slaunchways1913 slanty1928 1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii To give a slanting blow. 1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xvi. 123 Hills, some of which were slanting, some headlong and impending. 1797 H. Lee Canterbury Tales I. 353 The returning sun now shot a bright and slanting ray. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. ii. ii. 240 It continues a south-east course, in a slaunting form, across Allan-water. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany 75 The slanting dilapidated roof of the chancel. 1877 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. ii. ii. 224 All the ribs have a downward slanting direction. b. Needlework. (See quots.) ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 32/1 Slanting Gobelin Stitch, a name sometimes given to long or satin stitch. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 125/1 Slanting Stitch, a variety of Double Crochet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1618adv.adj.a1625 |
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