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

neither perpendicular nor parallel; sloping

said of a cone, cylinder, etc: having the axis not perpendicular to the base

said of a triangle: having no right angle

said of an angle: greater than but not a multiple of 90°

not straightforward or explicit; indirect

oblique references to financial difficulties

said of a muscle: lying at an angle to the main axis of the body or of the limb of which it is a part and with one end not attached to bone

obliquely adv

obliqueness noun

obliquity noun

[Middle English oblike from Latin obliquus]

something, e.g. a line, that is oblique

any of several muscles that are oblique, esp any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the side walls of the abdomen

= solidus (1)