单词 | oblique |
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音标 | [ə'bli:k] |
解释 | a.间接的;斜的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 间接的( not straightforward);斜的(inclined) 【考】 反义词:direct(直接 的) 【记】 ob(躺)+lique(歪斜的 )→斜的 【例】 make oblique accusations(指桑骂 槐) |
字源 | oblique (adj.) early 15c., from Middle French oblique (14c.) and directly from Latin obliquus "slanting, sidelong, indirect," from ob "against" (see ob-) + root of licinus "bent upward," from PIE root *lei- "to bend, be movable" (see limb (n.1)). As a type of muscles, in reference to the axis of the body, 1610s (adj.), 1800 (n.). Related: Obliquely; obliqueness. |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 斜的; 不坦率的 【记】读: 我不立que一不是站着-斜的 【反】direct(adj 径直的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】最基本的意思是倾斜的;ob 没 + liquid 水,水没了,因为容器是斜的,全流出去了 |
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