Slant - Английское значение и перевод слова Slant на Русский язык

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

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In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

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He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

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You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

adjective

Placed or inclined at an angle to something else.

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He sent an angled shot into the net

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

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He angled his chair so that he could watch her

verb

Fish with a rod and line.

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There are no big fish left to angle for

verb

Come near or nearer to (someone or something) in distance or time.

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The train approached the main line

noun

A way of dealing with a situation or problem.

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We need a whole new approach to the job

verb

Move towards

adverb

Tilted and nearly falling.

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Before i knew it, he was right in front of me, head atilt again, and preening for me.

noun

A settled way of thinking or feeling about something.

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He was questioned on his attitude to south africa

noun

The way you feel about something or someone, or a particular feeling or opinion

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[ u ] start each day with a positive attitude., [ c ] people’s attitudes toward family are set very…

noun

A feeling or opinion about something, especially when this shows in your behaviour

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Attitude towards sb/sth we need team players with a positive attitude towards work., what is your e…

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

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Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

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The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

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She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

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A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

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The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

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There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

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All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

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[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

noun

The slightly convex or arched shape of a road or other horizontal surface.

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A bend where the camber of the road sloped to a ditch

noun

A gradual slope down from the middle of a road to each edge, designed to make water to flow off it

noun

Hypocritical and sanctimonious talk, typically of a moral, religious, or political nature.

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He had no time for the cant of the priests about sin

verb

Talk hypocritically and sanctimoniously about something.

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If they'd stop canting about ‘honest work’ they might get somewhere

noun

A slope or tilt.

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The outward cant of the curving walls

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

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The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

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Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

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What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, in a…

verb

Put or let something down quickly or briefly in or into (liquid).

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He dipped a brush in the paint

noun

A brief swim.

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They cooled off by taking a dip in the pool

abbreviation

Document image processing, a system for the digital storage and retrieval of documents as scanned images.

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

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A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

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Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

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Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

An inclined part of a road or railway; a slope.

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Fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients

noun

A measure of how steep a slope is, often expressed as a percentage

noun

The back part of the human foot below the ankle.

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Knees are bent and held in front of the chest, with the heels positioned below the hips.

verb

Fit or renew a heel on (a shoe or boot).

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They were soling and heeling heavy working boots

exclamation

A command to a dog to walk close behind its owner.

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‘heel’ i said and rusty obeyed.

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

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John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

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Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

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He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

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The road climbs a long incline through a forest

adjective

Leaning or turning away from the vertical or horizontal; sloping.

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An inclined ramp

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

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He was inclined to accept the offer

At an angle to the horizontal or vertical position

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

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He leaned back in his chair

noun

A deviation from the perpendicular; an inclination.

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The vehicle has a definite lean to the left

adjective

(of a person or animal) thin, especially healthily so; having no superfluous fat.

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His lean, muscular body

noun

A tendency or partiality of a particular kind.

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He is quite vocal about his political leanings

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

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He leaned back in his chair

noun

A number of connected items or names written or printed consecutively, typically one below the other.

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Consult the list of drugs on page 326

verb

Make a list of.

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I have listed four reasons below

noun

An instance of a ship listing to one side.

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The gallery walls are lined with marine ply, angled to give an echo of the list of a ship under sail.

noun

A list or catalogue.

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Looking over the catalogues and listings of the period, it is amusing to see what was popular then …

verb

Make a list of.

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I have listed four reasons below

verb

(of a ship) lean over to one side, typically because of a leak or unbalanced cargo.

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The ship was listing badly

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting.

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We sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace

noun

Another term for slash1 (sense 2 of the noun).

noun

A view or judgement formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.

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That, in my opinion, is right

noun

The ideas that a person or a group of people have about something or someone, which are based mainly on their feelings and beliefs, or a single idea of this type

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[ c ] when you're a teenager you've got strong opinions on/about everything., [ c ] mcguinness was …

noun

A thought or belief about something or someone

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An opinion on sth what's your opinion on britain joining the euro?, have/hold an opinion she has st…

noun

The countries of the east, especially east asia.

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The treasures of the orient

adjective

Situated in or belonging to the east; oriental.

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Orient kings

verb

Align or position (something) relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions.

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The fires are oriented in direct line with the midsummer sunset

noun

Unfair bias in favour of one person or thing; favouritism.

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An attack on the partiality of judges

noun

An unfair preference for one person or group over another

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Some parents complained about the partiality of the teacher toward certain students.

noun

The art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.

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The theory and practice of perspective

A way of regarding situations or topics

noun

A particular way of viewing things that depends on one’s experience and personality

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[ c ] he brings a new perspective to the job., [ c ] from a social perspective, i am very much a li…

noun

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

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Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb

Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

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You've pitched the melody very high

verb

Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

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He pitched the ship inside and outside

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

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The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

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He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

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Prejudice against people from different backgrounds

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

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The statement might prejudice the jury

noun

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge

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[ u ] racial prejudice, [ c ] the experience merely confirmed all his prejudices about living in th…

noun

An implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel.

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Moving the soil surface with a rake in winter will expose many slugs and their eggs to frost damage.

verb

Draw together with a rake or similar implement.

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I was the one who raked the leaves and cut the grass

noun

A fashionable or wealthy man of immoral or promiscuous habits.

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A merry restoration rake

noun

A sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building.

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A wheelchair ramp

verb

Provide with a ramp.

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We have purposefully ramped the entrance to make it easier access

verb

Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.

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We had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day

verb

(of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.

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The ground shelved gently down to the water

verb

To put something on a shelf or shelves

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Would you shelve these books while i unpack the rest?, i shelved plans to buy a new car, because i …

noun

Shelves collectively.

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A lack of shelving and cupboards

verb

Place or arrange (items, especially books) on a shelf.

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We had catalogued and shelved all the books shipped in that day

verb

(of ground) slope downwards in a specified manner or direction.

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The ground shelved gently down to the water

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.

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His hat looked slightly skew

noun

An oblique angle; a slant.

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The most important effect of the skew in angle is the raised plateau of entrance court created in t…

verb

Suddenly change direction or position.

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The car had skewed across the track

noun

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.

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He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

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The garden sloped down to a stream

adjective

Inclined from a horizontal or vertical line.

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A sloping floor

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

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The garden sloped down to a stream

adjective

(of a surface) lying at an angle to the horizontal so that some points on it are higher than others

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Sloping handwriting/shoulders, the bedroom is in the attic so it has a sloping ceiling.

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

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The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

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He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

noun

The way in which someone stands, especially when deliberately adopted (as in cricket, golf, and other sports); a person's posture.

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She altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg

noun

An attitude to a particular issue.

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She writes on religion from the standpoint of a believer

noun

A set of beliefs and ideas from which opinions and decisions are formed

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He looks at things from a technological standpoint., from a fundraising standpoint, he’s been very …

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

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The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

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The tilt of her head

verb

Lean over; tip

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

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The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

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The tilt of her head

noun

A combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.

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A tilt at the european cup

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

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The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

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The tilt of her head

noun

A combat for exercise or sport between two men on horseback with lances; a joust.

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A tilt at the european cup

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

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George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

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The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

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A rubbish tip

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

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A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

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The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

noun

The ability to see something or to be seen from a particular place.

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The end of the tunnel came into view

verb

Look at or inspect.

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The public can view the famous hall with its unique staircase

noun

What you can see from a particular place, or the ability to see from a particular place

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[ u ] she turned a corner and disappeared from view., [ c ] our room had spectacular views of the m…

noun

A position giving a good view.

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This camera can be manually fixed in position to record a scene from a secondary viewpoint.

noun

A point of view

noun

A body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it, giving rise to a downward force; the heaviness of a person or thing.

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He was at least fifteen stone in weight

verb

Hold (something) down by placing a heavy object on top of it.

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A mug half filled with coffee weighted down a stack of papers