leaning 音標拼音: [l'inɪŋ]
n . 傾斜,傾向,性癖
傾斜,傾向,性癖
leaning adj 1 :
departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal ; "
the leaning tower of Pisa "; "
the headstones were tilted " [
synonym : {
atilt }, {
canted },
{
leaning }, {
tilted }, {
tipped }]
n 1 :
an inclination to do something ; "
he felt leanings toward frivolity " [
synonym : {
leaning }, {
propensity }, {
tendency }]
2 :
a natural inclination ; "
he has a proclivity for exaggeration "
[
synonym : {
proclivity }, {
propensity }, {
leaning }]
3 :
the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical ; "
the tower had a pronounced tilt "; "
the ship developed a list to starboard "; "
he walked with a heavy inclination to the right " [
synonym : {
tilt }, {
list },
{
inclination }, {
lean }, {
leaning }]
4 :
the act of deviating from a vertical position Lean \
Lean \ (
l [=
e ]
n ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Leaned } (
l [=
e ]
nd ),
sometimes {
Leant } (
l [
e ^]
nt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Leaning }.] [
OE .
lenen ,
AS .
hlinian ,
hleonian ,
v .
i .;
akin to OS .
hlin [=
o ]
n ,
D .
leunen ,
OHG .
hlin [=
e ]
n ,
lin [=
e ]
n ,
G .
lehnen ,
L .
inclinare ,
Gr .
kli `
nein ,
L .
clivus hill ,
slope . [
root ]
40 .
Cf .
{
Declivity }, {
Climax }, {
Incline }, {
Ladder }.]
1 .
To incline ,
deviate ,
or bend ,
from a vertical position ;
to be in a position thus inclining or deviating ;
as ,
she leaned out at the window ;
a leaning column . "
He leant forward ." --
Dickens .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To incline in opinion or desire ;
to conform in conduct ; --
with to ,
toward ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
They delight rather to lean to their old customs .
--
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To rest or rely ,
for support ,
comfort ,
and the like ; --
with on ,
upon ,
or against .
[
1913 Webster ]
He leaned not on his fathers but himself .
--
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
Leaning \
Lean "
ing \,
n .
The act ,
or state ,
of inclining ;
inclination ;
tendency ;
as ,
a leaning towards Calvinism .
[
1913 Webster ]
169 Moby Thesaurus words for "
leaning ":
a thing for ,
affinity ,
an ear for ,
an eye for ,
angularity ,
animus ,
aptitude ,
aptness ,
aslant ,
aslope ,
atilt ,
bag ,
bent ,
bevel ,
beveled ,
bias ,
biased ,
cant ,
canted ,
canting ,
capacity for ,
careening ,
cast ,
character ,
chosen kind ,
conatus ,
conduciveness ,
constitution ,
cup of tea ,
delight ,
diathesis ,
discrimination ,
disposition ,
druthers ,
eagerness ,
eccentricity ,
fancy ,
fascination ,
favor ,
favoritism ,
feeling for ,
felicity ,
flair ,
forejudgment ,
genius for ,
gift for ,
grain ,
heeling ,
idiosyncrasy ,
ill -
balanced ,
inclination ,
inclinational ,
inclinatory ,
inclined ,
inclining ,
individualism ,
inequality ,
innate aptitude ,
interest ,
involvement ,
jaundice ,
jaundiced eye ,
kidney ,
lean ,
leaning tower ,
liability ,
liking ,
list ,
listing ,
lopsided ,
make ,
makeup ,
mental set ,
mettle ,
mind ,
mind -
set ,
mold ,
mutual affinity ,
mutual attraction ,
nature ,
nepotism ,
off -
balance ,
one -
sidedness ,
out of plumb ,
out of square ,
overbalanced ,
parti pris ,
partialism ,
partiality ,
particular choice ,
partisanism ,
partisanship ,
penchant ,
personal choice ,
pitch ,
pitched ,
preconception ,
predilection ,
predisposition ,
preference ,
preferential treatment ,
prejudgment ,
prejudice ,
prepossession ,
probability ,
proclivity ,
proneness ,
propensity ,
rake ,
raking ,
readiness ,
recumbent ,
sensitivity to ,
set ,
shelving ,
shelvy ,
sideling ,
sidelong ,
slant ,
slanted ,
slanting ,
slantways ,
slantwise ,
slope ,
sloped ,
sloping ,
soft spot ,
stamp ,
strain ,
streak ,
stripe ,
style ,
susceptibility ,
swag ,
sway ,
sympathy ,
taste ,
temper ,
temperament ,
tendency ,
tendent ,
tendential ,
tendentious ,
tending ,
thing ,
tilt ,
tilted ,
tilting ,
tip ,
tipped ,
tipping ,
tipsy ,
top -
heavy ,
tower of Pisa ,
tropism ,
turn ,
turn for ,
turn of mind ,
twist ,
type ,
unbalanced ,
undetachment ,
undispassionateness ,
unneutrality ,
unstable ,
unsteady ,
warp ,
weakness ,
willingness
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