diagonal
adj
(a) crossing a straight-sided figure, eg a rectangle, from corner to corner (长方形等直边图形的)对角的, 对角线的. =>illus at vertical 见vertical之插图.
(b) slanting; oblique 倾斜的; 斜线的
diagonal stripes 斜纹.
(c) crossed by slanting lines 有斜线的; 斜纹的. diagonal, n straight line crossing a straight-sided figure from corner to corner; slanting line 对角线; 斜线.
Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours? Pierre, my husband, was working in a government office. We'd been invited to a ball at the palace so I needed to borrow some jewellery.