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- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked偏的; 斜的; 歪的：
his hat looked slightly skew
他的帽子看上去有点歪
a skew angle.
一个斜角。
1.1
- Statistics (of a statistical distribution) not symmetrical【统计】偏态的。
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- Mathematics (of a pair of lines) neither parallel nor intersecting【数】异面的。
2.1
- (of a curve) not lying in a plane（曲线）不在一个平面的。
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- an oblique angle; a slant斜角; 倾斜。
1.1
- a bias towards one particular group or subject（对特定人或对象的）偏见：
the paper had a working-class skew.
这家报纸对工人阶级存有偏见。
1.2
- mass noun Statistics the state of not being symmetrical【统计】偏态, 偏斜性。
no obj., with adverbial
1- suddenly change direction or position突然改变方向（或位置）; 偏离：
the car had skewed across the track.
汽车偏离车道。
1.1
- twist or turn or cause to do this扭转; 偏转：
he skewed around in his saddle
他在马鞍上扭动
with obj. his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one.他的一只腿弯曲, 顶住另一只腿。
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- with obj. make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading使存有偏见; 歪曲, 曲解：
the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects.
教学大纲对实用课程有偏见。
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- with obj. Statistics cause (a distribution) to be asymmetrical【统计】使（分布）偏态, 使不匀称。
短语
on the skew
- neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew歪斜的, 偏斜的。
派生词
skewness
noun词源
late Middle English （as a verb in the sense 'move obliquely'）： shortening of Old Northern French eskiuwer, variant of Old French eschiver 'eschew'. The adjective and noun （early 17th cent.） are from the verb.