diagonal
美音:
[daı´ægənəl
]英音:
[daı´ægənəl
]adj.斜的,斜纹的,对角线的 n.对角线,斜纹织物
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难易程度:
diagonal为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:diagonally
词根
dia-=through,between,across 和di-有密切关系的字首,表示“在两者之间”的意思
diagonal
/daɪ'ægənl; daɪ`æˇənl/
adj
(a) crossing a straight-sided figure, eg a rectangle, from corner to corner (长方形等直边图形的)对角的, 对角线的. =>illus at vertical 见vertical之插图.
(b) slanting; oblique 倾斜的; 斜线的
*diagonal stripes 斜纹.
(c) crossed by slanting lines 有斜线的; 斜纹的.
n straight line crossing a straight-sided figure from corner to corner; slanting line 对角线; 斜线.
diagonal
adj[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Latin;Origin: diagonalis, from
Greek diagonios
'from angle to angle', from gonia
'angle']
a diagonal line is straight and joins two opposite corners of a flat shape, usually a square
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horizontal, vertical
verticalfollowing a sloping angle
diagonal parking spaces>diagonaln[C]>diagonallyadv The path goes diagonally across the field.