canted

柯林斯词典

cant /kænt/

• 1. N-UNCOUNT If you refer to moral or religious statements as cant, you are criticizing them because you think the person making them does not really believe what they are saying. (关于道德或宗教的)伪善说教; 言不由衷[表不满]

  ...politicians holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant. ...政客们滔滔不绝地说着那些老套的虚伪空话。

• 2. N-UNCOUNT inclination from a vertical or horizontal plane; slope; slant 倾斜

• 3. V to speak in or use cant 讲伪善的话

• 4. V to tip, tilt, or overturn, esp with a sudden jerk 使(尤指猛地)倾斜; 倾覆; 翻转

• 5. ADJ oblique; slanting 倾斜的

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