adj.间接的；adj.倾斜的,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
oblique (adjective)1.
a) neither perpendicular nor parallel - inclined
b) having the not perpendicular to the base - axis an oblique cone
c) having no right angle - an oblique triangle
2.
a) not straightforward - indirect , also - obscure
b) - devious underhanded
3.
situated at an angle and having one end not inserted on bone - oblique muscles
4.
taken from an airplane with the camera directed horizontally or diagonally downward - an oblique photograph
1.
something (as a line) that is oblique
2.
any of several oblique muscles , especially any of the thin flat muscles forming the middle and outer layers of the lateral walls of the abdomen
at a 45 degree angle - to the right oblique, march
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
oblique (adjective)1.
inclined or twisted to one side
SYNONYMS:
askew, aslant, atilt, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crazy, crooked, listing, lopsided, oblique, off-kilter, pitched, skewed, slanted, slanting, slantwise, tilted, tipping, unevenRELATED WORDS:
asymmetrical ( asymmetric), unbalanced, unsymmetrical; contorted, disordered, distorted, irregularNEAR ANTONYMS:
ordered, orderly, regular, uniform; balanced, symmetrical ( symmetric)2.
running in a slanting direction
SYNONYMS:
cant, canted, graded, inclined, leaning, listing, oblique, pitched, raked, slant, slanted, slantwise, sloped, sloping, tilted, tiltingNEAR ANTONYMS:
horizontal, level; plumb, up-and-down, vertical; parallel, perpendicular