slant /slɑ:nt/ I. vt. & vi.（使）倾斜；带倾向性报道：the slanting beams of the roof屋顶的斜梁The early sun slanted across the mountains.初晨的太阳斜照在山上。‖II. n.［c］倾斜，斜面；倾向：The lines are drawn on a slant.这些线条被画成斜线。The editorial had an antiunion slant.这篇社论有一种反工会的倾向。Rest the ladder at a slant.把梯子斜放着。