tangent
英[?t?nd??nt]
美[?t?nd??nt]
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柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-COUNT
切線
A tangent is a line that touches the edge of a curve or circle at one point, but does not cross it.
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PHRASE
突然偏離原來的思路;突然離題
If someone goes off at a tangent, they start saying or doing something that is not directly connected with what they were saying or doing before.
例句
The conversation went off at a tangent.
交談突然偏離了正題。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
<數>正切;切線
(鐵路或道路的)直線區間
突兀的轉向；離題
突然轉移話題；突然改變思路
One moment the professor is working hard on a problem in physics, the next he’s gone off at a tangent and he’s talking about bees.
前一分鐘教授還在努力解答一道物理題，下一分鐘他就突然開始講起蜜蜂來。adj.
<數>正切的;相切的;切線的
tangent circles
相切的圓離題的;背離原來途徑的
tangent remarks
離題的話
英英詞典釋義
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