oblique
adj
1 not horizontal or vertical; sloping; slanting 斜的; 傾斜的; 歪斜的: an oblique line 斜線.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(fig 比喻) not going straight to the point; indirect 拐彎抹角的; 間接的
He made oblique references to her lack of experience. 他拐彎抹角地說她缺乏經驗. oblique, n (also oblique stroke, slash) mark (/) used in maths or punctuation to separate numbers, words, etc 用於數(shù)學或分隔數(shù)字、 文字等的符號(/), 如 4/5 people, male/female, 25/7/1949.