(of a straight line )直线 at an angle; joining two opposite sides of something at an angle 斜线的;对角线的 diagonal stripes 斜纹
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiagonal is used with these nouns:- line
- stripe
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin diagonalis, from Greek diagōnios ‘from angle to angle’, from dia ‘through’ + gōnia ‘angle’.