slant

n. 倾斜；观点；偏见

vi. 倾斜；有倾向

vt. 使倾斜；使倾向于

adj. 倾斜的；有偏见的

中文词源

slant 使倾斜，歪斜，倾向性的陈述和报道

词源不详，可能来自辅音丛 sl-,滑的，词源同 slip,slide,slope.引申词义使倾斜，歪斜，后用于比喻义倾向性的陈述的报道。

slant (n.): 1650s, "an oblique direction or plane" (originally of landforms), from slant (v.). Meaning "a way of regarding something" is from 1905. Derogatory slang sense of "a slant-eyed Asian person" is recorded from 1943, from earlier slant-eyes (1929).
slant (v.): 1520s, "to strike obliquely" (against something), alteration of slenten "slip sideways" (c. 1300), perhaps via a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish slinta "to slip," Norwegian slenta "to fall on one side"), from Proto-Germanic *slintanan. Intransitive sense of "to slope, to lie obliquely" is first recorded 1690s; transitive sense of "to give a sloping direction to" is from 1805. Related: Slanted; slanting. As an adverb from late 15c.; as an adjective from 1610s. Slant rhyme attested from 1944.

1. slip => *sl- "slip" => slip, slope, slant. 在没有外力作用下要倾斜、有斜坡才能滑动。2. 谐音“是南梯”----是向南的梯子、斜梯。

1. The political slant at Focus can be described as centre-right.: 《焦点》杂志的政治立场可以称为中间偏右。

2. You're slightly above the garden because the house is on a slant.: 由于房子是倾斜的，所以你的位置稍微高于花园。

3. Close the window quickly lest the raindrops ( should ) slant in.: 快关窗户,别让雨点潲进来.