cant

/kant/US // kænt //UK // (kænt) //

坎特,罐头,罐子

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- : the private language of the underworld.
- : the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
- : whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to talk hypocritically.
- : to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.

nounhypocritical statement

Forms: canted, canting

Synonyms

Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.
And of course: “Bye Ryan Braun, you cheating piece of sh*t. CANT JEW YOUR WAY OUT OF IT THIS TIME.”
“Only those cant [sic] read chinese and not familiar with modern chinese history will believe the story,” wrote one.
On the periphery, tents pitched under overpasses cant against the dirty wind.
Bath's The Secret of Castle Cant is ranked No. 331,025 in book sales on Amazon's site.
But I cant stay here all day; Mrs. Towne is to take me to spend the day with the Gesners.
I didnt think much of that, but he said afterward, A man may do in an hour what he cant undo in a lifetime.
I cant let you increase your indebtedness, and his pudgy hand lifted the basket and put it on the shelf behind him.
A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
Cant expect money before its due, I spose, said the old man, licking his thin lips.

/kant/US // kænt //UK // (kænt) //

坎特,罐头,罐子

n.名词 noun

1
- : insincere, especially conventional expressions of enthusiasm for high ideals, goodness, or piety.
- : the private language of the underworld.
- : the phraseology peculiar to a particular class, party, profession, etc.: the cant of the fashion industry.
- : whining or singsong speech, especially of beggars.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to talk hypocritically.
- : to speak in the whining or singsong tone of a beggar; beg.

nounhypocritical statement

Forms: canted, canting

Synonyms

Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.
And of course: “Bye Ryan Braun, you cheating piece of sh*t. CANT JEW YOUR WAY OUT OF IT THIS TIME.”
“Only those cant [sic] read chinese and not familiar with modern chinese history will believe the story,” wrote one.
On the periphery, tents pitched under overpasses cant against the dirty wind.
Bath's The Secret of Castle Cant is ranked No. 331,025 in book sales on Amazon's site.
But I cant stay here all day; Mrs. Towne is to take me to spend the day with the Gesners.
I didnt think much of that, but he said afterward, A man may do in an hour what he cant undo in a lifetime.
I cant let you increase your indebtedness, and his pudgy hand lifted the basket and put it on the shelf behind him.
A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.
Cant expect money before its due, I spose, said the old man, licking his thin lips.