thieves' cant
collocation窃贼黑话
He used thieves' cant to confuse the guards.
他用窃贼的黑话迷惑卫兵。
行话；黑话；暗语
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行话；黑话；暗语
The specialized or secret language of a particular group; argot.
The thieves used their own cant to communicate without being understood by the police.
那些小偷用他们自己的黑话交流，不让警察听懂。
某个阶层或群体的行话,黑话。
An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.
倾斜,某物设置的角度。
Slope, the angle at which something is set.
因重复过多而变得无意义的套话
stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
宗教派别、帮派或其他群体使用的秘密语言。
A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.
Linguists study the cant of various professional groups to understand their social dynamics.
语言学家研究各种职业群体的行话，以了解他们的社会动态。
Teenagers often develop their own cants that exclude adults.
青少年经常发展出他们自己的行话，将成年人排除在外。
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窃贼黑话
He used thieves' cant to confuse the guards.
他用窃贼的黑话迷惑卫兵。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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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。
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。
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。
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