英语词汇“on a tangent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	on a tangent
释义	on a tangent On a sudden digression or change of course, as in The professor's hard to follow; he's always off on a tangent. This phrase often occurs in the idioms fly off or go off on a tangent, as in The witness was convincing until he went off on a tangent. This expression alludes to the geometric tangent—a line or curve that touches but does not intersect with another line or curve. [Second half of 1700s] Words nearby on a tangent on a roll, on a shoestring, Onassis, Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, on a string, on a tangent, Oñate, on balance, onbeat, on behalf of, on bended knee The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
随便看	nonelected nonelectrolyte nonempty nonentity none of one's business none of the above none other than nonequivalence nones none-so-pretty nonessential nonessential amino acid non est nonesuch nonet nonetheless none the wiser none the worse for nonethnic none too non-euclidean non-euclidean geometry nonevent no news is good news nonexclusive

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on a tangent