Word · Frequency #24482
cant
行话;黑话;暗语
The specialized or secret language of a particular group; argot.
- 1.
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
某个阶层或群体的行话,黑话。
- 2.
Slope, the angle at which something is set.
倾斜,某物设置的角度。
- 3.
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
因重复过多而变得无意义的套话
- 4.
A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
宗教派别、帮派或其他群体使用的秘密语言。
- 5.
A corner (of a building).
建筑物的角落。
- 6.
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
道路或跑道转弯处的倾斜,外侧高于内侧以减少离心力
- 7.
A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.
某些爱尔兰游民使用的语言;Shelta语。
- 8.
An outer or external angle.
外部或外角。
- 9.
a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
特定群体(如窃贼)使用的特有语言
- 10.
Whining speech, such as that used by beggars.
哀怨的说话方式,如乞丐所用的。
- 11.
An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a tilt.
从水平或垂直线的倾斜;斜面或倾斜。
- 12.
A blazon of a coat of arms that makes a pun upon the name (or, less often, some attribute or function) of the bearer, canting arms.
在纹章上使用与持有者名字相关的双关语,称为双关纹章。
- 13.
A movement or throw that overturns something.
翻转某物的动作或抛掷。
- 14.
A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so given.
突然的推、踢或其他冲动,导致偏向或方向改变;也指因此产生的偏向或转向。
- 15.
A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask.
形成桶头侧面的段。
- 16.
A segment of the rim of a wooden cogwheel.
木制齿轮边缘的段。
- 17.
A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads.
放置在船甲板上支撑舱壁的木块。
- 18.
An unfinished log after preliminary cutting.
初步切割后的未完成原木。
空话;陈词滥调;倾斜;斜面;坡度;弯道超高;哀诉;哭诉;角;(建筑物等的)角落;外角;Shelta语(爱尔兰游民使用的语言)
In use
The thieves used their own cant to communicate without being understood by the police.
Linguists study the cant of various professional groups to understand their social dynamics.
Teenagers often develop their own cants that exclude adults.
Connections
Collocations
- thieves' cant
- 窃贼黑话
- He used thieves' cant to confuse the guards.他用窃贼的黑话迷惑卫兵。
- religious cant
- 虚伪的宗教套话
- The minister's words sounded like religious cant.牧师的话听起来像虚伪的宗教套话。
- political cant
- 政治空话
- The candidate's speech was full of political cant.这位候选人的演讲满是政治空话。
- moral cant
- 虚伪的道德说教
- She saw through their moral cant.她看穿了他们虚伪的道德说教。
Pop culture & quotes
- Clear your mind of cant.
- 清空你脑中的空话。Samuel Johnson's famous line 'Clear your mind of cant' — recorded by Boswell in 1778 — urges us to reject empty, insincere talk.塞缪尔·约翰逊的名句‘清空你脑中的空话’——由博斯韦尔于1778年记录——劝我们拒绝空洞虚伪的言谈。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
cant 读似 can't(不能):黑话、套话让人“不能”听懂;又让人想到“不能”站直的倾斜。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:academic writing、formal essays、literary texts 作“行话、黑话”解时,多用于正式或书面语,常带批判或贬义色彩;日常口语中较少使用,多见于学术讨论或历史叙述。
Pronunciation & Spelling
以上单词均以 /ænt/ 音结尾,与 cant 押韵。注意 can't(不能)也读 /kænt/,但拼写带撇号;而 canteen /kænˈtiːn/、cantaloupe /ˈkæntəloʊp/ 等拼写含 cant 却读法不同,不要误判为同韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.