leaning
معنی فارسی
تکيه تمايل ميل انحراف کجي (درجمع) تمايلا ت.
معنی کامل و مثالها
/lēn´iŋ/n.
● خم شدگی، خمش، کج شدگی، کجی، لمیدگی
the noticeable leaning of the tower
کجی (خم شدگی) محسوس برج
● گرایش، تمایل، میل
she had a strong leaning toward medicine
او میل زیادی به رشتهی پزشکی داشت.
a reformer with strong leanings toward socialism
آدمی اصلاحطلب با گرایش قوی نسبت به سوسیالیسم
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From the Old English word 'hleonian', meaning 'to lean, bend'.
مثال
- The leaning of the tower was a result of poor construction.
- She had a leaning towards art from a young age.
- He was caught leaning against the wall, engrossed in his book.
ترکیبهای رایج
leaning tower leaning towards leaning against leaning in
تعریف انگلیسی
- an inclination to do something “he felt leanings toward frivolity”
- a natural inclination “he has a proclivity for exaggeration”
- 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”
- the act of deviating from a vertical position “the leaning tower of Pisa” “the headstones were tilted”
مترادفها
noun
Bent, inclination, bias, propensity, proneness. See tendency.