wonky

英 [ˈwɒŋki]

美 [ˈwɑːŋki]

adj.  不稳的; 摇晃的; 歪斜的

BNC.34136 / COCA.34690

牛津词典

adj.

• 不稳的；摇晃的；歪斜的
  not steady; not straight
  1. a wonky chair
     摇摇晃晃的椅子

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不直的；不平的；歪斜的
  If something iswonky, it is not straight or level.
  1. ...a tiny house with lots of little rooms, wonky floors and doors...
     有很多小房间、地板凹凸不平、门歪歪斜斜的小房子
  2. The wheels keep going wonky.
     轮子总是左右摇晃。

双语例句

• Yet despite all this I firmly believe a wonky grin, a chipped nail, and one or two very mild neuroses never did a look any harm.
  然而，尽管发生了所有这一切，我坚信一个搞怪的微笑、削尖的指甲和一两种非常轻微的神经过敏从来不会有什么害处。
• At160 pages it is slick, wonky and, unlike some of Mr Romney's opponents, quite sensible.
  这份160页的计划华而不实，不同于他的竞争对手那般切合实际。
• It might seem a bit wonky to do this just when officials have also indicated that they may be putting on hold the recent appreciation of the renminbi against the dollar.
  这么做似乎多少有点怪异，因为政府官员刚表示过，他们可能会采取措施制止近期人民币对美元的升值。
• A rickety table; a wobbly chair with shaky legs; the ladder felt a little wobbly; the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky.
  摇晃的桌子；一把不稳的椅子；梯子有一点摇晃；桥虽然竖立在那，但有一个拱门却是摇晃的。
• Sooner or later, every single box and arrow on your architecture diagram will go wonky.
  你的架构图上的每个框图或者箭头总有靠不住的时候，这是确定无疑的。
• Workplace lingo often abandons the normal rules of the English language in favor of wonky expressions that are not only obnoxious& they make absolutely no sense.
  职场内的行话经常会抛开一些语言规则，而更倾向于用一些毫无意义的表情。
• A third grumble that their teeth aren't white enough and a quarter worry that they're wonky.
  三分之一的人嫌自己的牙不够白，四分之一的人担心自己站得不直。
• It was aimed at not making haste such a wonky stat for Resto.
  它的目的是使急速对恢复德来说不那么鸡肋。
• My medication makes me feel a little wonky.
  药物让我有点儿头晕。
• It may look like a load of old rubbish. But the creator of this wonky bin has just won one of Britain's biggest art competitions.
  这看起来就像是一堆旧垃圾，可是这个摇摇欲坠的垃圾桶的设计者却因此获得了英国最大的艺术大奖。