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BNC: 24482 COCA: 28260

cant

noun
/kænt/
/kænt/
[uncountable]
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  1. statements, especially about moral or religious issues, that are not sincere and that you cannot trust(尤指有关道德或宗教问题的)伪善言辞,虚假的话,空话 synonym hypocrisy
    • His speech was full of political, social and religious cant.他的演讲充满了政治、社会和宗教的谎言。
    Word Originnoun early 16th cent.: probably from Latin cantare ‘to sing’. The early meaning was ‘musical sound, singing’; in the mid 17th cent. this gave rise to the senses ‘whining manner of speaking’ and ‘form of words repeated mechanically in this manner’ (for example a beggar's plea), hence ‘jargon’ (of beggars and other such groups).

cant

verb
/kænt/
/kænt/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they cant
/kænt/
/kænt/
he / she / it cants
/kænts/
/kænts/
past simple canted
/ˈkæntɪd/
/ˈkæntɪd/
past participle canted
/ˈkæntɪd/
/ˈkæntɪd/
-ing form canting
/ˈkæntɪŋ/
/ˈkæntɪŋ/
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  1. cant (something) to be in a sloping position; to put something into a sloping position(使)倾斜
    Word Originverb Middle English (denoting an edge or brink): from Middle Low German kant, kante, Middle Dutch cant ‘point, side, edge’, based on a Romance word related to medieval Latin cantus ‘corner, side’.
BNC: 24482 COCA: 28260
BNC: 24482 COCA: 28260
BNC: 24482 COCA: 28260
cant
Cheating, dishonest and insincere behaviour: dishonesty, deceit, corruption...
Slopes and sloping: slope, tilt, incline...

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