slanting [
slænt]
a. 倾斜的, 歪斜的
slanting[ adj ]
having an oblique or slanted direction
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Slant \Slant\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Slanted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Slanting}.] [OE. slenten to slope, slide; cf. Sw. slinta to
slide.]
To be turned or inclined from a right line or level; to lie
obliquely; to slope.
On the side of younder slanting hill. --Dodsley.
Slanting \Slant"ing\, a.
Oblique; sloping. -- {Slant"ing*ly}, adv.
- Bright sunshine slanting through the budding trees gave a roseate glow to the white-columned Georgian brick buildings.
- The four o'clock sun was slanting through the trees, illuminating the clear plastic and the green and brown glass, and what do you know, the wrapped tree looked kind of beautiful.
- This part of Memphis's musical history is very much alive. Old-style charm The evening sunshine is slanting across the rolling hills of south-eastern Tennessee.
- Only one Kentucky cemetery is included, and some Kentuckians have half-jokingly accused the guides of slanting the tour toward West Virginia.
- Stones are laid close together, generally slanting inward, with each stone touching as many others as possible.