tangent
英[ˈtændʒənt]
美[ˈtændʒənt]
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
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N-COUNT
切线
A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
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PHRASE
突然偏离原来的思路;突然离题
If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
例句
The conversation went off at a tangent.
交谈突然偏离了正题。
英汉词典释义
n.
<数>正切;切线
(铁路或道路的)直线区间
突兀的转向;离题
突然转移话题;突然改变思路
One moment the professor is working hard on a problem in physics, the next he’s gone off at a tangent and he’s talking about bees.
前一分钟教授还在努力解答一道物理题,下一分钟他就突然开始讲起蜜蜂来。adj.
<数>正切的;相切的;切线的
tangent circles
相切的圆离题的;背离原来途径的
tangent remarks
离题的话
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