obliquity

n. 倾斜, 精神错乱, 不坦率, 偏斜度 [医] 倾斜, 斜度

发音

UK /əˈblɪkwɪti/
其它
US /əˈblɪkwɪti/
US /oʊˈblɪkwɪti/

词形变化

obliquities 复数 obliquities

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.

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  2. 2.

    Axial tilt.

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  3. 3.

    Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality.

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  4. 4.

    The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

asynclitism deceptiveness

上位词 3

dishonesty abnormality abnormalcy

下位词 2

meretriciousness speciousness

整体词 7

labor labour confinement childbed lying-in parturiency travail

词源

From Middle French obliquité, from Latin oblīquitās, from oblīquus (“oblique”). Corresponding to oblique + -ity.

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