cant 音标拼音: [k'ænt]
n . 伪善之言,黑话,斜面,角落
vi . 讲黑话,倾斜
伪善之言,黑话,斜面,角落讲黑话,倾斜
cant 斜面
cant n 1 :
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition [
synonym : {
buzzword }, {
cant }]
2 :
a slope in the turn of a road or track ;
the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force [
synonym : {
bank }, {
cant }, {
camber }]
3 :
a characteristic language of a particular group (
as among thieves ); "
they don '
t speak our lingo " [
synonym : {
slang }, {
cant },
{
jargon }, {
lingo }, {
argot }, {
patois }, {
vernacular }]
4 :
insincere talk about religion or morals [
synonym : {
cant }, {
pious platitude }]
5 :
two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees [
synonym : {
bevel }, {
cant }, {
chamfer }]
v 1 :
heel over ; "
The tower is tilting "; "
The ceiling is slanting " [
synonym : {
cant }, {
cant over }, {
tilt }, {
slant },
{
pitch }]
Cant \
Cant \,
a .
Of the nature of cant ;
affected ;
vulgar .
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To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language . --
Swift .
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Cant \
Cant \,
v .
i .
1 .
To speak in a whining voice ,
or an affected ,
singsong tone .
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2 .
To make whining pretensions to goodness ;
to talk with an affectation of religion ,
philanthropy ,
etc .;
to practice hypocrisy ;
as ,
a canting fanatic .
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The rankest rogue that ever canted . --
Beau . &
Fl .
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3 .
To use pretentious language ,
barbarous jargon ,
or technical terms ;
to talk with an affectation of learning .
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The doctor here ,
When he discourseth of dissection ,
Of vena cava and of vena porta ,
The meser [
ae ]
um and the mesentericum ,
What does he else but cant . --
B .
Jonson [
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That uncouth affected garb of speech ,
or canting language ,
if I may so call it . --
Bp .
Sanderson .
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Cant \
Cant \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Canted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Canting }.]
1 .
To incline ;
to set at an angle ;
to tilt over ;
to tip upon the edge ;
as ,
to cant a cask ;
to cant a ship .
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2 .
To give a sudden turn or new direction to ;
as ,
to cant round a stick of timber ;
to cant a football .
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3 .
To cut off an angle from ,
as from a square piece of timber ,
or from the head of a bolt .
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Cant \
Cant \,
n . [
OF .,
edge ,
angle ,
prof .
from L .
canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel ,
a wheel ,
Gr . ?
the corner of the eye ,
the felly of a wheel ;
cf .
W .
cant the stake or tire of a wheel .
Cf . {
Canthus }, {
Canton }, {
Cantle }.]
1 .
A corner ;
angle ;
niche . [
Obs .]
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The first and principal person in the temple was Irene ,
or Peace ;
she was placed aloft in a cant .
--
B .
Jonson .
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2 .
An outer or external angle .
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3 .
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line ;
a slope or bevel ;
a titl . --
Totten .
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4 .
A sudden thrust ,
push ,
kick ,
or other impulse ,
producing a bias or change of direction ;
also ,
the bias or turn so give ;
as ,
to give a ball a cant .
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5 . (
Coopering )
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask . --
Knight .
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6 . (
Mech .)
A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel .
--
Knight .
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7 . (
Naut .)
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads .
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{
Cant frames }, {
Cant timbers } (
Naut .),
timber at the two ends of a ship ,
rising obliquely from the keel .
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Cant \
Cant \,
n . [
Prob .
from OF .
cant ,
F .
chant ,
singing ,
in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars ,
fr .
L .
cantus .
See {
Chant }.]
1 .
An affected ,
singsong mode of speaking .
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2 .
The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect ,
class ,
or occupation . --
Goldsmith .
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The cant of any profession . --
Dryden .
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3 .
The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity ;
empty ,
solemn speech ,
implying what is not felt ;
hypocrisy .
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They shall hear no cant from me . --
F .
W .
Robertson [
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4 .
Vulgar jargon ;
slang ;
the secret language spoker by gipsies ,
thieves ,
tramps ,
or beggars .
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Cant \
Cant \,
n . [
Prob .
from OF .
cant ,
equiv .
to L .
quantum ;
cf .
F .
encan ,
fr .
L .
in quantum ,
i .
e . "
for how much ?"]
A call for bidders at a public sale ;
an auction . "
To sell their leases by cant ." --
Swift .
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Cant \
Cant \,
v .
t .
to sell by auction ,
or bid a price at a sale by auction .
[
Archaic ] --
Swift .
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Can '
t \
Can '
t \
A colloquial contraction for can not .
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216 Moby Thesaurus words for "
cant ":
Aesopian language ,
Babel ,
Greek ,
L ,
Pecksniffery ,
Tartuffery ,
Tartuffism ,
about ship ,
affectation ,
affectedness ,
alert ,
angle ,
angularity ,
animate ,
animated ,
apex ,
argot ,
ascend ,
babble ,
back and fill ,
bank ,
be hypocritical ,
bear away ,
bear off ,
bear to starboard ,
beat ,
beat about ,
bend ,
bifurcation ,
bight ,
blandish ,
box off ,
break ,
bring about ,
bring round ,
cant round ,
careen ,
cast ,
cast about ,
change course ,
change the heading ,
chevron ,
cipher ,
climb ,
code ,
coin ,
colloquialize ,
come about ,
corner ,
crank ,
crook ,
crotchet ,
cryptogram ,
decline ,
deflection ,
descend ,
dialect ,
diction ,
dictionary ,
dip ,
dogleg ,
double Dutch ,
double a point ,
drop ,
elbow ,
ell ,
empty gesture ,
fall ,
fall away ,
fall off ,
false piety ,
falseness ,
fetch about ,
fork ,
furcation ,
garble ,
gay ,
gibberish ,
gift of tongues ,
give lip service ,
give mouth honor ,
glossolalia ,
go about ,
go downhill ,
go uphill ,
gobbledygook ,
goody -
goodiness ,
grade ,
gybe ,
heave round ,
heel ,
hook ,
humbug ,
hypocrisy ,
hypocriticalness ,
idiom ,
inclination ,
incline ,
inflection ,
insincerity ,
jargon ,
jargonize ,
jibe ,
jibe all standing ,
jumble ,
keel ,
keen ,
knee ,
language ,
lay down ,
lean ,
leaning ,
leaning tower ,
lexicon ,
lie along ,
lingo ,
lip service ,
list ,
mealymouthedness ,
miss stays ,
mouth ,
mouthing ,
mumbo jumbo ,
mummery ,
noise ,
nook ,
oiliness ,
ostentatious devotion ,
palaver ,
patois ,
patter ,
pecksniffery ,
pharisaicalness ,
pharisaism ,
phraseology ,
pidgin ,
pietism ,
pietisticalness ,
piety ,
piousness ,
pitch ,
play the hypocrite ,
ply ,
point ,
pretension ,
put about ,
put back ,
quoin ,
rake ,
recline ,
reek of piety ,
religionism ,
religiosity ,
render lip service ,
retreat ,
rise ,
round a point ,
sanctimoniousness ,
sanctimony ,
scatology ,
scramble ,
secret language ,
self -
righteousness ,
sham ,
sheer ,
shelve ,
shift ,
shop ,
sidle ,
slang ,
slant ,
slew ,
slope ,
snivel ,
snuffle ,
snuffling ,
soft soap ,
soft -
soap ,
speak ,
speech ,
spirited ,
sprightly ,
swag ,
sway ,
sweet talk ,
sweet -
talk ,
swerve ,
swing round ,
swing the stern ,
taboo language ,
tack ,
talk ,
throw about ,
tilt ,
tip ,
tokenism ,
tower of Pisa ,
turn ,
turn back ,
unction ,
unctuousness ,
uprise ,
use language ,
veer ,
vernacular ,
vertex ,
vivacious ,
vocabulary ,
vulgar language ,
wear ,
wear ship ,
wind ,
yaw ,
zag ,
zig ,
zigzag
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