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skew-whiff
形容物体歪斜、不正或左右不对齐，常用于非正式英语。
💡 记忆钩子
把一幅画挂歪了：它没有对准水平线，整体就是 skew-whiff；这个核心画面也可延伸到其他位置偏斜、不端正的东西。
📖 中文释义
adj
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core 歪斜的；不正的📖 指物体没有对准应有的方向或位置，左右不平、边线不直，就像一幅画挂歪了一样。它通常描述看得见的位置偏斜，而不是抽象意义上的“错误”。💡 常用“looks/is skew-whiff”描述结果，例如“画看起来挂歪了”；也可说“a skew-whiff picture”。这是非正式形容词，通常不用于正式报告；不要把它理解成“奇怪”或“混乱”，重点是方向或位置没有摆正。Commonwealth Ireland UK colloquialI hung up that picture, but it looks skew-whiff to me.我把那幅画挂起来了，但在我看来它还是歪的。
more skew-whiff
comparative
most skew-whiff
superlative
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 2 组
turned or twisted to one side;
同义词集:
askew
awry
skew-whiff
rugs lying askew
with his necktie twisted awry
turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
同义词集:
askew
awry(p)
cockeyed
lopsided
wonky
skew-whiff
a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry
his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
近似: crooked
🌳 词源
原指织布时纬线偏斜、织物没有对齐，后来形成表示“歪斜”的口语表达。现代拼写来自口语形式的变化，并非源自表示“一阵风”的词。
From skew + weft.
The expression 'skew weft' dates at least from the 18th century as a term used by handloom weavers, typically in northern England. It was used originally to describe fabric which was out of alignment, and the term survives today in the manufacture of glass fiber cloth.
The word weft does not derive from 'whiff' as in a puff of air (as suggested elsewhere). The modern spelling comes from a corruption of 'skew-wift' whose sound developed colloquially in spoken English from the original. Bow weft also exists.
🔄 变式
more skew-whiff
compar
most skew-whiff
superl
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