oblique

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. any grammatical case other than the nominative
• Syn:
oblique case
• Ant:
nominative
• Hypernyms:
case, grammatical case
• Hyponyms:
accusative, accusative case, objective case, dative, dative case,
genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case, vocative, vocative case,
ablative, ablative case
2. a diagonally arranged abdominal muscle on either side of the torso
• Syn:
external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle
• Hypernyms:
abdominal, abdominal muscle, ab

II - adjective

1. slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled (Freq. 2)
- the oblique rays of the winter sun
- acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles
- the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base
• Ant:
parallel, perpendicular
• Similar to:
bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered,
catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, crabwise, sideways,
diagonal, nonparallel, oblique-angled
• See Also:
convergent, divergent, diverging, inclined
• Derivationally related forms:
obliqueness
2. indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way;
misleading
- used devious means to achieve success
- gave oblique answers to direct questions
- oblique political maneuvers
• Syn:
devious
• Similar to:
indirect
• Derivationally related forms:
obliquity, obliqueness, deviousness (for: devious)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  devious, external oblique muscle, musculus obliquus externus abdominis, abdominal external oblique muscle, oblique case
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  parallel, perpendicular, nominative, nominative case, subject case