She fainted, canting over from the chair onto the floor. 她昏过去了,从椅子上跌倒在地板上。
You're no use in the choir you cant sing a note! 你对合唱团毫无益处--你简直唱不成调!
She fainted, canting over from the chair onto the floor. 她昏过去了,从椅子上跌倒在地板上。
Cant \Cant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Canted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Canting}.] 1. To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.
2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.
3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.
Canting \Cant"ing\, a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. -- {Cant"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Cant"ing*ness}, n.
{Canting arms}, {Canting heraldry} (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.
Canting \Cant"ing\, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy. ※ ||