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单词 lopsided
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Definition of lopsided in English:

lopsided

adjectivelɒpˈsʌɪdɪd
  • With one side lower or smaller than the other.

    向一侧倾斜的,歪的

    a lopsided grin

    歪着嘴笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He would, I think, have justified his lopsided perspective on the grounds that he was a biologist, not a historian.
    • The resulting lopsided casualty counts have a great deal to do with this skill imbalance.
    • In the most recent operation surgeons had to pull her leg down by an inch because her pelvis had moved, which gave her a lopsided walk.
    • He waited for what seemed to be hours before the priest came up the creaking, lopsided ladder.
    • Casey glanced at me now and shot me a lopsided, sheepish grin.
    • I watch as he tilted his head to one side giving me that same infuriating lopsided grin of his.
    • She quickly brings her arms stiffly to her sides and flashes a lopsided smile, her heavy jaw clenched.
    • Simon adjusted his lopsided top hat, tilting it even more than it had been in the first place.
    • He gave me a lopsided grin, and walked into his room, shutting the door after him.
    • Such a lopsided result defies the laws of probability and suggests something sinister at work.
    • She imagines his brown hair spiky and lopsided, like the last time she saw him.
    • A lopsided car would be a car with a higher load on one side than on the other.
    • I read on your website that one in 20 women has lopsided breasts.
    • Some fine forward play and lax marking contributed to this lopsided score line.
    • He leaned back, folded his arms across his broad chest, and gave his sister a lopsided grin.
    • The Sultans delivered a decisive blow in the second inning with seven runs and cruised to a lopsided victory.
    • He kept them there just a second too long before dropping them to his sides with a lopsided grin.
    • In the second half, though, the lopsided nature of proceedings threatened to become an embarrassment.
    • She caught sight of the old tyre-swing hanging lopsided from an outstretched branch.
    • Such a lopsided half-time score for St Johnstone was difficult to fathom.
    Synonyms
    asymmetrical, unsymmetrical, uneven, unevenly balanced, unbalanced, off-balance, off-centre, unequal, askew, skew, skewed, squint, tilted, tilting, crooked, sloping, slanted, aslant, one-sided, out of true, out of line, to one side, awry
    informal skew-whiff, cock-eyed

Derivatives

  • lopsidedly

  • adverbˌlɒpˈsʌɪdɪdliˈlɑpˌsaɪdədli
    • First, the other side has a huge advantage in money, incumbency and a constituency that benefits lopsidedly from the unrepresentative electoral college and senate.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘You're forgiven,’ I drawled, grinning lopsidedly.
      • She seemed too immersed in a phone call to actually notice Kat's sudden appearance, so, with caution and much aching, Kat limped lopsidedly down the fluorescently lit hallway.
      • I tilted my head to one side and smiling lopsidedly said, ‘Do you know what I think?’
      • He grinned lopsidedly, then cocked his head to the side.
  • lopsidedness

  • noun
    • There is indeed a lopsidedness to much refereeing these days whereby players can receive red cards for relatively innocuous incidents yet those that cause injury often don't receive the punishment they deserve.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • As today's older professors retire, political lopsidedness will grow even more extreme.
      • It could then be argued that the asymmetrical lopsidedness suggests movement and directionality.
      • We have a lopsidedness in that the Scottish Executive is responsible for spending, but not for tax-raising.
      • Depriving the farmers from agriculture has created an avalanche of problems like unemployment, scarcity of food, starvation death, diseases and a total lopsidedness in the growth of the economy.

Origin

Early 18th century: from lop2 + side + -ed1.

Rhymes

misguided, one-sided, undecided, undivided, unguided, unprovided

Definition of lopsided in US English:

lopsided

adjective
  • 1With one side lower or smaller than the other.

    向一侧倾斜的,歪的

    a lopsided grin

    歪着嘴笑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She quickly brings her arms stiffly to her sides and flashes a lopsided smile, her heavy jaw clenched.
    • He gave me a lopsided grin, and walked into his room, shutting the door after him.
    • I read on your website that one in 20 women has lopsided breasts.
    • Such a lopsided result defies the laws of probability and suggests something sinister at work.
    • In the second half, though, the lopsided nature of proceedings threatened to become an embarrassment.
    • Such a lopsided half-time score for St Johnstone was difficult to fathom.
    • He would, I think, have justified his lopsided perspective on the grounds that he was a biologist, not a historian.
    • He kept them there just a second too long before dropping them to his sides with a lopsided grin.
    • A lopsided car would be a car with a higher load on one side than on the other.
    • I watch as he tilted his head to one side giving me that same infuriating lopsided grin of his.
    • Some fine forward play and lax marking contributed to this lopsided score line.
    • Simon adjusted his lopsided top hat, tilting it even more than it had been in the first place.
    • The Sultans delivered a decisive blow in the second inning with seven runs and cruised to a lopsided victory.
    • Casey glanced at me now and shot me a lopsided, sheepish grin.
    • In the most recent operation surgeons had to pull her leg down by an inch because her pelvis had moved, which gave her a lopsided walk.
    • She imagines his brown hair spiky and lopsided, like the last time she saw him.
    • The resulting lopsided casualty counts have a great deal to do with this skill imbalance.
    • He waited for what seemed to be hours before the priest came up the creaking, lopsided ladder.
    • She caught sight of the old tyre-swing hanging lopsided from an outstretched branch.
    • He leaned back, folded his arms across his broad chest, and gave his sister a lopsided grin.
    Synonyms
    asymmetrical, unsymmetrical, uneven, unevenly balanced, unbalanced, off-balance, off-centre, unequal, askew, skew, skewed, squint, tilted, tilting, crooked, sloping, slanted, aslant, one-sided, out of true, out of line, to one side, awry
    1. 1.1 Disproportionately weighted in favor of one side over another.
      a lopsided competition

Origin

Early 18th century: from lop + side + -ed.

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