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askew adj.歪斜的adv.斜地 (1) 那儿的画挂歪了。(2) 他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。 The movie “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events” tells the story of three orphans and their struggle to escape their wicked guardian, Count Olaf. In the story, the orphans are sent to stay with their Aunt Josephine, whose house sits perilously on the edge of cliff over a leech-infested lake. The floor of Josephine’s house is at an angle, pictures hang off-center, and in fact everything appears to be tilted and wildly askew, including their aunt’s mental condition.

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英 [ə'skjuː] 美 [ə'skjuː] (1) The picture over there is askew.(2) His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow. Although it sounds like a sneeze, the word askew means lopsided or turned and tilted to the side. Like your glasses might be after, well, a sneeze. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]斜的；歪的；不平的 Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with.   [v-link ADJ]She stood there, hat askew...她站在那里，歪戴着帽子。There were no shutters at the windows, and some of the doors hung askew.窗户上没有百叶窗，有几扇门也歪歪扭扭的。

英语单词	askew
英美音标	英 [ə'skjuː] 美 [ə'skjuː]
中文释义	adj.歪斜的 adv.斜地
英语例句	(1) The picture over there is askew. (2) His glasses had been knocked askew by the blow.
中文例句	(1) 那儿的画挂歪了。 (2) 他的眼镜一下子被打歪了。
vocabulary简明	Although it sounds like a sneeze, the word askew means lopsided or turned and tilted to the side. Like your glasses might be after, well, a sneeze.
vocabulary扩展	The movie “Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events” tells the story of three orphans and their struggle to escape their wicked guardian, Count Olaf. In the story, the orphans are sent to stay with their Aunt Josephine, whose house sits perilously on the edge of cliff over a leech-infested lake. The floor of Josephine’s house is at an angle, pictures hang off-center, and in fact everything appears to be tilted and wildly askew, including their aunt’s mental condition.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]斜的；歪的；不平的 Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with. [v-link ADJ] She stood there, hat askew... 她站在那里，歪戴着帽子。 There were no shutters at the windows, and some of the doors hung askew. 窗户上没有百叶窗，有几扇门也歪歪扭扭的。

Askew Glasses Tilted Orphans House Level 英 ə'Skjuː] 美