/kænt/
意味: 決まり文句／空言
例文: Kai spoke only in motivational cant for a day.
カイは1日中モチベ語録だけで話した。
言葉のよくある組み合わせ: cant phrase(決まり文句), cant angle(傾斜角), cant language(隠語)
定義: 特定の集団が使う専門用語や隠語のことです。一般の人には理解しにくい言葉や表現を指します。
cantは約40,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。
Definitions(定義)
Noun: stock phrases that have become nonsense through endless repetition
Noun: 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
Noun: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves)
Noun: insincere talk about religion or morals
Noun: two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Verb: heel over
Parts of Speech(品詞)
Noun, Verb
Examples(例文)
Noun: they don’t speak our lingo
Verb: The tower is tilting
Verb: The ceiling is slanting
Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)
Synonyms(類語): argot, bank, bevel, buzzword, camber, cant, cant over, chamfer, jargon, lingo, patois, pious platitude, pitch, slang, slant, tilt, vernacular
Antonyms(反意語):
Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)
Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): edge, move, non-standard speech, nonsense, slope, talk
Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): absurdity, amphigory, arouse, ascent, assume, baby talk, balderdash, baloney, bank, beat, bevel, bezel, bob, bolt, brim, brush, buck, bustle, buzzword, cant, canyonside, careen, chop, churn, climb, close, coast, cobblers, crash, crock, curb, cut, cut to, dance, deckle edge, descent, dialect, dialogue, diverge, dodge, drop back, duck, escarpment, exit, fa la, falter, featheredge, fidget, flex, flinch, fling, flip, flow, flurry, fly, get down, gibberish, grab, gravitate, groin, heart-to-heart, heave, hillside, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, incoherence, jabberwocky, jerk, jolt, jump, knife edge, leading edge, linger, list, localism, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, milling, mope, mountainside, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, mummery, nod, palaver, piedmont, pulsate, putter, quicken, razor edge, reach, reciprocate, regionalism, rigmarole, roll, run, seesaw, separate, shake, shmegegge, shmooze, shop talk, sidle, ski slope, slang, slip, snap, spread, startle, steal, stir, streak, stretch, strike out, stuff, stumble, sweep, swoop, teeter, telegraphese, throw, thunder, trailing edge, turn, vernacular, vibrate, wallow, wamble, whirl, wind, wobble, writhe, yak
Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): cock, rhyming slang, splay, street name
Derivationally Related Words(派生語)
Derivationally Related Words: bevel, camber, cant, chamfer, pitch, slang, slangy, slant, tilt, tilter
Categories(カテゴリー)
Domain Categories: general
Usage Category: formal
Usage Context: business, descriptive
Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)
Prefixes(接頭辞):
Suffixes(接尾辞):
Exam Level
英検1級
Media Appearance(メディア登場例)
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Other Information(その他)
Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes
Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No
Emotion Categories:
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