slantとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈslænt/, /ˈslɑːnt/
• ハイフネーション: slant
• 韻: -ænt, -ɑːnt

名詞

slant (複数形 slants)

1. A slope; an incline, inclination.

   The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.

2. A sloped surface or line.
3. (mining) A run: a heading driven diagonally between the dip and strike of a coal seam.
4. (typography) Synonym of slash ⟨ / ⟩, particularly in its use to set off pronunciations from other text.
   • 1965, Dmitri A. Borgmann, Language on Vacation, page 240:

     Initial inquiries among professional typists uncover names like slant, slant line, slash, and slash mark. Examination of typing instruction manuals discloses additional names such as diagonal and diagonal mark, and other sources provide the designation oblique.

5. An oblique movement or course.
6. (biology) A sloping surface in a culture medium.
7. A pan with a sloped bottom used for holding paintbrushes.
8. A container or surface bearing shallow sloping areas to hold watercolours.
9. (US, obsolete) A sarcastic remark; shade, an indirect mocking insult.
10. (slang) An opportunity, particularly to go somewhere.
11. (Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
12. (originally US) A point of view, an angle.

    Synonym: bias

    It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.

13. (US) A look, a glance.
    • 1916 March 11, Charles E. Van Loan, “His Folks”, in Saturday Evening Post‎^[1]:

      All batters looked alike to him—I don't believe he ever took a slant at the averages;

14. (US, ethnic slur, derogatory) A person with slanting eyes, particularly an East Asian.

同意語

• (typography): See slash

派生語

• downslant
• slant bar
• slant height
• slant line
• slant of wind
• slant rhyme
• slant sight

関連する語

• slent

動詞

slant (三人称単数 現在形 slants, 現在分詞 slanting, 過去形および過去分詞形 slanted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To lean, tilt or incline.

   If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.

   • 1753, Robert Dodsley, Agriculture

     On the side of yonder slanting hill

2. (transitive) To bias or skew.

   The group tends to slant its policies in favor of the big businesses it serves.

3. (Scotland, intransitive) To lie or exaggerate.

関連する語

• aslant
• slent

形容詞

slant

1. Sloping; oblique; slanted.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 308:

     A slant ray of golden sunshine entered the chamber; it drew nearer and nearer as the hour went by, till it fell on Guido's bed.