not expressed or done in a direct way synonym indirect间接的;不直截了当的;拐弯抹角的 an oblique reference/approach/comment 隐约提及;间接途径;婉转的评论
(of a line )线 sloping at an angle 斜的;倾斜的 - [usually before noun] (
geometry )几何 (of an angle )角 greater or less than 90° 斜角 The extension was built at an oblique angle to the house. 扩建部份跟原来的房子成斜角。
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin obliquus.