| 单词 | crooked |
| 释义 | crook·ed /ˈkrʊkɪd/ ●○○ adjective 1 BENDbent, twisted, or not in a straight line 弯曲的；不直的；歪的 OPP straightcrooked smile/grin His lips curled into a crooked smile. 他噘起嘴笑了。 Your tie’s crooked. 你的领带歪了。 narrow crooked streets 狭窄曲折的街道 →5 see picture at 见图 straight22 SCPdishonest 不诚实的；狡诈的 a crooked cop 一个坏警察 —crookedly adverb —crookedness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpuscrooked• Held crooked, a little behind him, it served no useful purpose.• He never knew his father, his uncles were on the fringes of crooked activity and his drunken step-father sold second-hand cars.• The land was obtained in a crooked business deal between politicians and an Arizona savings and loans association.• She knows her party is vulnerable to any hint of being kind to crooked capitalists.• Smoke rose out of the crooked chimney.• A crooked civil servant sold hundreds of British passports on the black market, a court heard yesterday.• The picture's crooked - move it a little to the left.• Mary's uncle had black hair with some white in it, and high, crooked shoulders.• They moved down the narrow crooked streets of the old town.• crooked teeth• Physically most disturbing of all was his collection of jutting and crooked teeth.• Now that he was gone I supposed that the crooked would be made straight and the rough places plain.crooked smile/grin• She flashes a crooked smile, the one she says makes her look like Popeye the Sailor.• The crooked smile was fixed and deliberate.From Longman Business Dictionarycrookedcrook‧ed /ˈkrʊkɪd/ adjective informal dishonesta crooked business deala crooked politiciancrook·ed adjectiveChineseSyllable straight twisted, a line in bent, or Business not Corpus |
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