cant 详细解释

cant

[kænt]

n.倾斜, 斜面,斜角,伪善之言, 黑话
v.(使)倾斜,伪善地说,说术语
adj.倾斜的

n.[U]

1. (下层社会的)黑话, 切口

He knows thieves' cant.

他懂盗贼的黑话。

2. (同行业的)行话, 术语

the cant of the surgeons

外科医生的术语

3. (叫化子的)哀号, 单调的哼声

4. 言不由衷的话, 伪善的言词

There has been a great deal of politician's cant.

说了一大堆政客惯用的言不由衷的话。

5. (宗教的)套话

vi.

1. 使用黑话(或行话等)

2. 说言不由衷的话; 伪善地说教

a.

1. 黑话的; 行话的

2. 言不由衷的, 伪善的

词形变化

副词: cantingly | 名词: cantingness | 动词过去式: canted | 动词过去分词: canted | 动词现在分词: canting | 动词第三人称单数: cants |

英英释义

名词 cant:

stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

同义词:buzzword

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

同义词:bank, camber

a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

同义词:slang, jargon, lingo, argot, patois, vernacular

insincere talk about religion or morals

同义词:pious platitude

two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

同义词:bevel, chamfer

动词 cant:

heel over

同义词:cant over, tilt, slant, pitch

补充

cantcant英:[kænt] 美:[kænt]n.1.伪善之言,黑话,隐语,斜面,角落vi.1.讲黑话,倾斜

例句

1. They were passionate about the need for freedom from moralizing cant.他们热切地希望从虚伪的道德说教中解放出来。 2. behind the dogma and the religious cant在教条和宗教的伪善言辞背后 3. I read on through the collection of cliches and cant.我继续读完了那一堆陈词滥调。 4. a society of lawyers who spoke in a peculiar cant and jargon of their own一个讲自己独特行话和术语的律师协会 5. The cant of a road is the difference in elevation between the two edges.道路的倾斜指的是路两侧的高度差。 6. He paused and canted his head as if he heard some sound close behind him.他停下来突然侧过头去, 就好像听到背后有声音似的。 7. The model had its board canted outward at twenty degrees.这款车的仪表板向外倾斜20度。 8. They always cant about world peace.他们一贯侈谈世界和平。 9. He sat in a corner of the room canting and whining.他坐在房间的一个角落里一边哀求一边诉苦。 10. He is canting the edge of a beam.他正在把梁木的边截成斜角。 11. They canted the boat to repair it.他们把船翻过来以便进行修理。 12. The table was almost canted over by his buttocks.那张桌子几乎被他的屁股拱翻了。 13. The rideress was canted into the river by the horse.女骑手被马掀入河中。 14. He canted the ball with all his stength.他用全力将球抛出。 15. The ship canted over when it hit the rocks,and sank to the bottom with all its passengers and sailors.船触礁后倾翻了,连同所有的乘客和船员一起沉入海底。 16. The deck of the ship is canting gradually.船的甲板正在逐渐倾斜。 17. he had no time for the cant of the priests about sin.他没时间去听那些牧师们有关罪愆的伪善言辞。 18. ‘herstories’ rather than ‘histories’ as the cant phrase goes.作为流行语的“她者历史”而非“他者历史”。 19. thieves' cant.盗贼的黑话。 20. if they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere.如果他们不再说“诚实工作”这类的虚伪话,他们会有所进益。 21. he canted his head to look at the screen.他翘着头看着屏幕。 22. mismatched slate roofs canted at all angles. .错配的屋顶石板四处起翘。 23. the ship canted to starboard.船向右改变了航向。 24. the outward cant of the curving walls.外斜的曲墙。 25. I think the people are sick of hypocrisy and cant from their leaders.我认为民众对领导们假大空的言辞十分厌恶。 26. The legs cant slightly to increase the chair's stability.椅子腿稍加倾斜以增强其稳定性。 27. The legs of the chair are canted slightly to increase stability.椅子腿稍加倾斜以增强其稳定性。 28. the chair's slightly canted legs稍加倾斜的椅子腿