| 单词 | cant |
| 释义 | cant cant1 —cantingly, adv. /kant/, n. 1. insincere, esp. conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety. 2. the private language of the underworld. 3. the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry. 4. whining or singsong speech, esp. of beggars. v.i. 5. to talk hypocritically. 6. to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg. [1495-1505; < L base cant- in cantus song, canticus singsong, etc., whence OE cantere singer, cantic song; see CHANT] Syn. 1. hypocrisy, sham, pretense, humbug. cant2 —cantic, adj. /kant/, n. 1. a salient angle. 2. a sudden movement that tilts or overturns a thing. 3. a slanting or tilted position. 4. an oblique line or surface, as one formed by cutting off the corner of a square of cube. 5. an oblique or slanting face of anything. 6. Civ. Engin. bank1 (def. 6). 7. a sudden pitch or toss. 8. Also called flitch. a partly trimmed log. adj. 9. oblique or slanting. v.t. 10. to bevel; form an oblique surface upon. 11. to put in an oblique position; tilt; tip. 12. to throw with a sudden jerk. v.i. 13. to take or have an inclined position; tilt; turn. [1325-75; ME: side, border < AF cant, OF chant < a Rom base *cantu(m) with the related senses "rim, border" and "angle corner," prob. < Celtic; cf. L cant(h)us iron tire ( < Celtic), Welsh cant periphery, rim, felloe; prob. not akin to Gk kanthós corner of the eye; cf. CANTEEN, CANTLE, CANTON] cant3 /kahnt/, adj. Scot. and North Eng. hearty; merry. [1250-1300; ME < LG kant merry, bold] |
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