diagonal

[US]/daɪ'æg(ə)n(ə)l/
[UK]/daɪ'æɡənl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 对角线
adj. 对角线的 斜线的
adv. 对角线地 斜线地
Word Forms
复数diagonals

Phrases & Collocations

diagonal line

对角线

diagonally across

斜穿过

diagonal pattern

对角线图案

diagonal movement

斜向移动

diagonal matrix

对角矩阵

diagonal bracing

对角支撑,斜撑

Example Sentences

a tie with diagonal stripes.

一个有斜纹的领结。

the bars of light made diagonals across the entrance.

光柱从入口射入形成道道斜线。

tiles can be laid on the diagonal .

地砖可成斜线铺上。

The two diagonals of a square cross in the centre.

正方形两条对角线交于正方形的中心。

The book has a diagonal black stripe on the cover.

书的封面上有条连接对角的黑斜线。

Footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow.

脚印在雪地上留下了一条对角线。

A 2oz/sq/yd super tough spinnaker laminate with a diagonal reinforcement grid bonded to the base fabric.

超结实的船帆材料,基布用斜纹织物组成的格子骨架加强。

Real-world Examples

Diagonal to that is a rectangle one.

其对角线上是一块矩形乐高。

Source: Perspective Encyclopedia Comprehensive Category

To finish the frame, the spider will use diagonal threads.

要完成框架,对角还得拉上丝线。

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

I do it on a sort of diagonal just 'cause that's how I was raised.

我会斜着切,因为我从小就是这么做的。

Source: Star Snack Review

The Nautilus would do long, diagonal dives that took us to every level.

诺第留斯号具有很长纵对角线的斜航作用,使它可以驶至所有的深水层。

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

Runes are short, straight, and diagonal lines that make up an alphabet called the " futhark."

如尼字母由短的直线或斜线组成,其字母表被称为 “futhark”。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Since light takes a year to travel one light-year, its path will be a 45-degree diagonal line.

由于光需要一年才能传播一光年,因此其轨迹将是一条 45 度对角线。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

A few hundreds miles South-East of the mountains stands a diagonal row of three other, evenly spaced enormous volcanos.

数百英里的东南向的山脉,三个其它的火山斜排成一列 与庞大的火山保持着等距离。

Source: The History Channel documentary "Cosmos"

Switch your parting from one side to the other, or replace the parting in the middle with a diagonal one.

把头发从一侧分到另一侧,或者把中间的分缝换成斜分。

Source: Smart Life Encyclopedia

[Dan] Claire did not cut on a diagonal.

——[旦] 克莱尔没有切对角线。

Source: Kitchen Deliciousness Competition

In 1992, the team drilled diagonal tunnels to remove 38 cubic meters of soil from under the tower's north end.

1992年,小组钻了对角隧道,从塔的北端去除了38立方米的土壤。

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

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