单词 | angled |
释义 | angled (once / 8901 pages) adj Something at a sharp angle, slant, or incline can be described as angled. An angled ramp makes skateboarding more fun. The roof of your house is probably angled, and so is the ramp of a parking garage and the blade of a chef's knife. Sports reporters are fond of describing certain moves as angled, too, like an angled basketball shot or an angled football run. The adjective angled comes from angle, "space between intersecting lines," from the Latin angulus, "an angle or a corner." WORD FAMILYangle: angled, angler, angles, angling, angular, angulate+/angler: anglers/angling: anglings/angular: angularest, angularity, angularly/angularity: angularities/angulate: angulated, angulating, angulation USAGE EXAMPLESSome look like angled tides of digital lightning; others like riffs on Southwestern quilts; and some like pixelated Photoshop fails. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) Single rows of angled bars of uniform acrylic color alternate with double rows of shorter, angled bars. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) As Fitzgerald went in motion, Newman correctly posited that he was getting a jump on his over route, an angled dash across the middle. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) adj forming or set at an angle angled parking Syn angular, angulate having angles or an angular shape |
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