skew
英 [skjuː]
美 [skju]
IELTS GRE
skew 偏离，歪斜，歪曲，偏见来自古诺斯法语 eskiuer,逃离，回避，来自古法语 eschiver,逃离，回避，词源同 eschew,askew. 后引申词义误导，偏离，以及比喻义歪曲，歪解等。
- skew
- skew: see eschew
- skew (v.)
- late 15c., "to turn aside" (intransitive), from Old North French eskiuer "shy away from, avoid," Old French eschiver (see eschew). Transitive sense of "turn (something) aside" is from 1570s. Meaning "depict unfairly" first recorded 1872, on notion of being "give oblique direction to," hence "to distort, to make slant." Statistical sense dates from 1929. Related: Skewed; skewing. The adjectival meaning "slanting, turned to one side" is recorded from c. 1600, from the verb; noun meaning "slant, deviation" first attested 1680s.
- 1. to skew the statistics
- 影响统计数字的准确性
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The picture on the wall is a bIt'skew.
- 墙上的画有点歪.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Today's election will skew the results in favor of the northern end of the county.
- 今天的选举将使结果有利于这个郡的北部地区。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The picture on the wall is a bit skew.
- 墙上的画有点歪。
来自辞典例句
- 5. It is bent and twisted into the shape of a skew curve.
- 它被扭弯成一条扭曲的曲线.
来自辞典例句
[ skew 造句 ]
