be skew-whiff
表示状态，指物体歪斜。
The picture on the wall is skew-whiff.
墙上的画歪了。
向一侧歪斜的
skew-whiff
向一侧歪斜的
turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
The picture on the wall is skew-whiff; can you straighten it?
墙上的画歪斜了；你能把它摆正吗？
用法提示：skew-whiff 用作表语形容词，表示“歪斜的”。
After the storm, the fence posts were all skew-whiff.
暴风雨过后，篱笆桩都歪斜了。
用法提示：skew-whiff 描述篱笆桩的状态，表示不再直立。
His tie was skew-whiff, but he didn't seem to notice.
他的领带歪了，但他似乎没注意到。
用法提示：skew-whiff 修饰领带，表示佩戴不正。
表示状态，指物体歪斜。
The picture on the wall is skew-whiff.
墙上的画歪了。
表示事情出错或变得混乱。
Everything went skew-whiff after the power outage.
停电后一切都乱了套。
表示外观上的倾斜或不端正。
His tie looks a bit skew-whiff.
他的领带看起来有点歪。
grammar · medium
易错句子The picture skew-whiffs.
正确表达The picture is skew-whiff.
skew-whiff是形容词，不能直接作谓语，必须与系动词连用。
grammar · medium
易错句子a skew-whiffed picture
正确表达a skew-whiff picture
skew-whiff本身已是形容词，无需再加-ed变为过去分词形式。
Skewed 可用于数据、统计等抽象概念，而 skew-whiff 仅形容物理上的歪斜。
Askew 与 skew-whiff 意思相近，但 skew-whiff 是英式非正式用语，askew 更通用。
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