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- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; slanting斜的, 斜向的; 倾斜的：
we sat on the settee oblique to the fireplace.
我们坐在与壁炉成斜角的靠背长椅上。
1.1
- not explicit or direct in addressing a point（论述）不明晰的; 不直截了当的; 转弯抹角的, 间接的：
he issued an oblique attack on the President.
他对总统发出了转弯抹角的攻击之辞。
1.2
- Geometry (of a line, plane figure, or surface) inclined at other than a right angle【几何】（线、平面图形或表面）斜的, 倾斜的。
1.3
- Geometry (of an angle) acute or obtuse【几何】（角）斜的。
1.4
- Geometry (of a cone, cylinder, etc.) with an axis not perpendicular to the plane of its base【几何】（圆锥体、圆柱体等）斜的, 偏斜的。
1.5
- Anatomy (especially of a muscle) neither parallel nor perpendicular to the long axis of a body or limb【剖】（尤指肌肉）斜的。
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- Grammar denoting any case other than the nominative or vocative【语法】间接（格）的, 斜（格）的。
派生词
obliquely
adverbobliqueness
nounobliquity
/əˈblɪkwətɪ/ noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin obliquus.