noun🔗Share烤串, 烤签。 A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking."The chef used a metal skewer to hold the pieces of chicken together before grilling. "厨师用金属烤签把鸡肉块串在一起,然后再烤。utensilfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share烤串,串儿。 Food served on a skewer"We ordered a chicken skewer from the food truck for lunch. "午饭我们从餐车上点了一串鸡肉烤串。foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share串刺,穿刺 A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, reveals a less valuable piece. Compare pin.W"The chess skewer was a clever tactic; the bishop attacked the queen, forcing her to move, which exposed the vulnerable pawn. "这个象棋中的串刺战术非常巧妙;主教攻击王后,迫使她移动,从而暴露了脆弱的兵。gamesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share串,烤,用钎子穿起来 To impale on a skewer."The chef skillfully skewered the chicken pieces before grilling them. "厨师熟练地把鸡肉块串在烤肉钎子上,然后进行烧烤。foodutensilactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share串吃, 穿串, 串杀 To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it."The teacher skewered the student's argument, pointing out the flaws in his reasoning that were hidden behind a few well-chosen, but ultimately irrelevant, examples. "老师用几个精心挑选但实际上不相关的例子作掩护,巧妙地“串吃”了学生的论点,指出了他推理中隐藏在这些例子背后的漏洞。gamesportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share嘲讽,讽刺,挖苦 To severely mock or discredit."The teacher skewered the student's poorly researched project, pointing out all the factual errors. "老师狠狠地批评了那个学生研究不足的项目,指出了其中所有的事实错误,简直把他的项目批得体无完肤。communicationmedialanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share歪斜的,倾斜的. Neither parallel nor at right angles to a certain line; askew."a skew arch"一个歪斜的拱门appearancepositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share异面的,不共面的 Of two lines in three-dimensional space: neither intersecting nor parallel."The two roads in the park were skewer, neither crossing each other nor running in the same direction. "公园里的两条路是异面的,既不相交,也不平行。mathspaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share偏斜的,不对称的。 Of a distribution: asymmetrical about its mean."The distribution of salaries at the small company was skewed towards the lower end because the owner and a few managers earned significantly more than all the other employees. "这家小公司的工资分布是偏斜的,大部分员工的工资都集中在较低水平,因为老板和几个经理的工资远高于其他所有人。statisticsmathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share扦子,串肉签. That which skews something."The news article's political skewer was obvious, favoring one party over another. "这篇新闻报道的政治倾向性像一把扦子一样明显,偏袒一方而贬低另一方。utensilfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading