[每日] oblique (a) 拐彎抹角的
Word of the Day (Thursday December 25, 2008)
oblique \oh-BLEEK\, adjective, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/4e5dt
1. something oblique, such as a line or figure
adverb:
1. in military use, by turning 45 degrees
adjective:
1. not straight up and down or across; slanting
noun:
1. a muscle attached at an oblique angle to the structure that it
controls
adjective:
1. having unequal sides; situated obliquely instead of transverse
or longitudinal
2. not straightforward; indirect
Both novels were direct and oblique, not mentioning 9/11 but
addressing the question of how you retain your humanity after
the unthinkable has entered your life.
-- Charles Taylor, New York Times, 11/21/2008
Theodor Geisel's response to Hitler was more oblique than
Stauffenberg's, but as effective. Yertle, king of the pond,
commands all the turtles to stack themselves up so he can be
top of the heap. Someone's riding for a fall.
-- Telegraph.co.uk, 1/19/2008
by 1425, from Middle French oblique, from Latin obliquus
"slanting, sidelong, indirect," from ob "against" + root of
licinus "bent upward," from Proto Indo-European base *lei- "to
bend, be movable."
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