cant
n[U]
1 insincere talk, esp about religion or morality; hypocrisy 虛偽的話(huà)(尤指關(guān)於宗教或道德的話(huà)); 偽善.
2 specialized language of a particular group; jargon 某一團(tuán)體的專(zhuān)用語(yǔ); 行話(huà); 術(shù)語(yǔ)
thieves' cant 盜賊的黑話(huà)
[attrib 作定語(yǔ)]
a cant expression 術(shù)語(yǔ).
cant n
1 sloping surface or position 傾斜的面或位置.
2 sudden movement that tilts or overturns sth 突然一動(dòng)(可使某物傾斜或翻轉(zhuǎn)). cant, v [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (over) (cause sth to) tilt, overturn (使某物)傾斜, 翻轉(zhuǎn)
cant a boat to repair it 把船翻過(guò)來(lái)修理.