awry

大学 FREQ #26907

a. 歪的, 错误的 adv. 歪斜地, 错地

发音

UK /əˈɹaɪ/
US /əˈɹaɪ/
AU /əˈɹɑɪ/
/ˈɔː.ɹi/

词形变化

more awry 比较级 most awry 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

错误的；扭曲的

副词

歪曲地；歪斜地；错误地

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

    The frame was awry.

  2. 2.

    Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

    比喻

    There is something awry with this story.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

  2. 2.

    Perversely, improperly.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

wrong amiss haywire wonky cockeyed lopsided askew skew-whiff

近义相关 2

crooked nonfunctional
副词

同义词 2

amiss askew

相关短语

go awry 出错, 失败 the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry goes awry going awry went awry gone awry

词源

From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

来源：wiktionary