Slant

(noun.) a biased way of looking at or presenting something.

(verb.) present with a bias; 'He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders'.

(verb.) lie obliquely; 'A scar slanted across his face'.

录入:劳伦斯

• At the foot of this slant is the walled town of Gibraltar--or rather the town occupies part of the slant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She seemed to have lost sight of her friend's part in the incident: her inward vision had taken another slant. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Langley had adopted wings that slanted upward from the point at which they joined, copying the wings of a soaring buzzard. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• These are anti-aircraft, two wheels with the gun barrel slanted up. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• So we slanted to the right (where the East was), and Joe pounded away so wonderfully, that I had to hold on tight to keep my seat. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• As she reached Fiftieth Street the clouds broke abruptly, and a rush of cold rain slanted into her face. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Already one or two kept constantly floating down, amber and golden in the low slanting sun-rays. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Permit me, sir--if you hold the card a little slanting, this way, you catch the light upon the up-stroke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• By this time the moon had stolen round to the terrace, and soft, mysterious rays of light were slanting already across the lower end of the room. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Light falling in a slanting direction is partly reflected and partly enters the stone; that part which enters is refracted or bent and causes the internal brilliancy. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• The second picture contained for foreground only the dim peak of a hill, with grass and some leaves slanting as if by a breeze. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• They looked up at the long, low house, dim and glamorous in the wet morning, its cedar trees slanting before the windows. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• To overcome this difficulty skew bridges were designed, that crossed roads and canals in slanting directions. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The blast pipe comes through the wall, and enters the fire through a flue which slants downward. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

校对:米利森特