oblique
oblique 英 [əˈbli:k] 美 [oˈblik, əˈblik]
adj. 间接的；拐弯抹角的；斜的
名词复数:obliques
- If something is oblique, it has a slanting position or direction. In figurative use, oblique means indirect or purposely misleading. "What is two plus two?" "Fish!" as an answer is completely oblique.
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- adj. 间接的；拐弯抹角的；斜的
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1. She gave an oblique look to one side.
她向旁边斜看了一眼。
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2. an oblique reference, an oblique approach, an oblique comment
隐约提及；间接途径；婉转的评论
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3. He referred only obliquely to their recent problems.
他只是隐约提到他们最近遇到的问题。
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4. He made an oblique reference to his work.
他拐弯抹角地提到了他的工作。
- 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.
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