no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge from a vertical or horizontal line倾斜; 歪斜：
a ploughed field slanted up to the skyline
一块向地平线倾斜的犁田
as adj. slanting the slanting beams of the roof.屋顶倾斜的横梁。
1.1
- (especially of light or shadow) fall in an oblique direction（尤指光或影子）斜投, 斜射：
the early sun slanted across the mountains.
初晨的太阳斜照在山上。
1.2
- with obj. cause (something) to lean or slope in such a way使（某物）倾斜：
slant your skis as you turn to send up a curtain of water.
当你转弯形成水幕时, 将滑水橇倾斜。
1.3
- with obj. [often as adj. slanted] present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way（尤指从偏见或不公平角度）提出, 看待（信息）：
slanted news coverage.
带有偏见的新闻报道。
1
- in sing. a sloping position倾斜; 歪斜; 斜面：
the hedge grew at a slant
树篱长得歪斜时斜剪。
cut flower stems on the slant.
剪花茎。
2
- a particular point of view from which something is seen or presented观点; 看法：
a new slant on science.
对科学的一个新看法。
词源
late Middle English: variant of dialect slent, of Scandinavian origin, probably influenced by ASLANT.