wonky

FREQ #32308

a. 不稳的, 摇晃的, 靠不住的

发音

UK /ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/
US /ˈwɑŋ.ki/
AU
US /ˈwɔŋ.ki/

词形变化

wonkier 比较级 wonkiest 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.

    不可数 音乐
adj.
  1. 1.

    Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

  2. 2.

    Feeble, shaky or rickety.

    澳大利亚 爱尔兰 新西兰
  3. 3.

    Suffering from intermittent bugs.

    非正式 计算机 工程 数学
  4. 4.

    Generally incorrect.

    非正式
  5. 1.

    Technically worded, in the style of jargon.

  6. 2.

    Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 8

shaky wobbly awry cockeyed rickety lopsided askew skew-whiff

近义相关 2

unstable crooked

相关短语

wonky hole wonky holes

词源

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

来源：wiktionary