transcription, транскрипция: [ oʊbli:k ]
1.
If you describe a statement as oblique , you mean that is not expressed directly or openly, making it difficult to understand.
Mr Golding delivered an oblique warning, talking of the danger of sudden action.
= indirect
ADJ
• oblique‧ly
He obliquely referred to the US, Britain and Saudi Arabia.
= indirectly
ADV : ADV with v
2.
An oblique line is a straight line that is not horizontal or vertical. An oblique angle is any angle other than a right angle.
It lies between the plain and the sea at an oblique angle to the coastline.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• oblique‧ly
This muscle runs obliquely downwards inside the abdominal cavity.
ADV : ADV after v