名词斜面; 倾斜; （下层社会的）黑话; 言不由衷的话

不及物动词斜穿; 使用黑话（或行话等）; 说言不由衷的话

及物动词使具有斜面; 使倾斜; 将…斜掷出去; 猛扔

形容词黑话的; 有斜面的; 斜穿的

名词

1. There has been a great deal of politician's cant.
说了一大堆政客惯用的言不由衷的话。

2. He knows thieves' cant.
他懂盗贼的黑话。

3. The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.
船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。

1. 斜面：cant hook 钩杆 | cant 斜面 | cantalite 松脂流纹岩

2. 倾斜：canal tunnel 渠道隧洞 | cant 倾斜 | cant column 多角柱

1. （有关道德或宗教的）虚伪言辞，伪善的话，空话
If you refer to moral or religious statements as cant, you are criticizing them because you think the person making them does not really believe what they are saying.

e.g. ...politicians holding forth with their usual hypocritical cant.
政客们夸夸其谈,依旧是那些虚伪的大道理。

noun

1. two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees

Synonym: bevelchamfer

2. stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition

Synonym: buzzword

3. insincere talk about religion or morals

Synonym: pious platitude

4. a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)

e.g. they don't speak our lingo

Synonym: slangjargonlingoargotpatoisvernacular

5. a slope in the turn of a road or track
the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Synonym: bankcamber