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diagonal

adjective
🔊/daɪˈæɡənl/
🔊/daɪˈæɡənl/
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  1. (of a straight line直线) at an angle; joining two opposite sides of something at an angle斜线的；对角线的
    • diagonal stripes斜纹
    Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiagonal is used with these nouns:
    • line
    • stripe
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin diagonalis, from Greek diagōnios ‘from angle to angle’, from dia ‘through’ + gōnia ‘angle’.

diagonal

noun
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  1. a straight line that joins two opposite sides of something at an angle; a straight line that is at an angle对角线；斜线Topics Colours and Shapesc2
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin diagonalis, from Greek diagōnios ‘from angle to angle’, from dia ‘through’ + gōnia ‘angle’.