English-Thai Dictionary

skew

ADJ ไม่ ตรง  เฉ  เอียง  เฉียง  mai-trong

 

skew

N ตำแหน่ง เฉียง  ตำแหน่ง ที่ เบน  tam-nang-ching

 

skew

VI เอียง  เบน  เฉ  angle bias slant iang

 

skew

VT ทำให้ ไม่ ตรง  ทำให้ เบน ออก  ทำให้ เฉ  ทำให้ เฉียง  ทำให้ เอียง  diviate diverge turn tam-hai-trong

 

skew

VT บิดเบือน  distort falsify bid-buan

 

skewbald

ADJ ซึ่ง มี ลาย สลับสี  sueng-me-lai-sa-lab-se

 

skewer

N ไม้ เสียบ  mai-siab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SKEW

adv. Awry; obliquely. [See Askew. ]

 

SKEW

v.t. 1. To look obliquely upon; to notice slightly. [Not in use. ]
2. To shape or form in an oblique way. [Not in use. ]

 

SKEW

v.i.To walk obliquely.

 

SKEWER

n.A pin of wood or iron for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.

 

SKEWER

v.t.To fasten with skewers.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SKEW

Skew, adv. Etym: [Cf. D. scheef. Dan. ski, Sw. skef, Icel. skeifr, G.schief, also E. shy, a. & v. i.]

 

Defn: Awry; obliquely; askew.

 

SKEW

SKEW Skew, a.

 

Defn: Turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed; -- chiefly used in technical phrases. Skew arch, an oblique arch. See under Oblique. -- Skew back. (Civil Engin. ) (a ) The course of masonry, the stone, or the iron plate, having an inclined face, which forms the abutment for the voussoirs of a segmental arch. (b ) A plate, cap, or shoe, having an inclined face to receive the nut of a diagonal brace, rod, or the end of an inclined strut, in a truss or frame. -- Skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Skew curve (Geom.), a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve. See Plane curve, under Curve. -- Skew gearing, or Skew bevel gearing (Mach. ), toothed gearing, generally resembling bevel gearing, for connecting two shafts that are neither parallel nor intersecting, and in which the teeth slant across the faces of the gears. -- Skew surface (Geom.), a ruled surface such that in general two successive generating straight lines do not intersect; a warped surface; as, the helicoid is a skew surface. -- Skew symmetrical determinant (Alg. ), a determinant in which the elements in each column of the matrix are equal to the elements of the corresponding row of the matrix with the signs changed, as in (1 ), below. (1 ) 2 -3-2 53 -5 (2 ) 4 -1 71 8 -2-7 2 1

 

Note: This requires that the numbers in the diagonal from the upper left to lower right corner be zeros. A like determinant in which the numbers in the diagonal are not zeros is a skew determinant, as in (2 ), above.

 

SKEW

SKEW Skew, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.

 

SKEW

Skew, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Skewed; p. pr. & vb. n. Skewing.]

 

1. To walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely. Child, you must walk straight, without skewing. L'Estrange.

 

2. To start aside; to shy, as a horse. [Prov. Eng. ]

 

3. To look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously. Beau & Fl.

 

SKEW

Skew, v. t. Etym: [See Skew, adv. ]

 

1. To shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.

 

2. To throw or hurl obliquely.

 

SKEWBALD

SKEWBALD Skew "bald `, a.

 

Defn: Marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black; -- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. Said of horses.

 

SKEWER

Skew "er, n. Etym: [Probably of Scand, origin; cf. Sw. & Dan. skifer a slate. Cf. Shuver a fragment. ]

 

Defn: A pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting. Meat well stuck with skewers to make it look round. Swift.

 

SKEWER

Skew "er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Skewered; p. pr. & vb. n. Skewering.]

 

Defn: To fasten with skewers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

skew

skew |skyo͞o skju | ▶adjective 1 neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked: his hat looked slightly skew | a skew angle. • Statistics (of a statistical distribution ) not symmetrical. 2 Mathematics (of a pair of lines ) neither parallel nor intersecting. • (of a curve ) not lying in a plane. ▶noun an oblique angle; a slant. • a bias toward one particular group or subject: the paper had a working-class skew. • Statistics the state of not being symmetrical. ▶verb [ no obj. ] suddenly change direction or position: the car had skewed across the track. • twist or turn or cause to do this: he skewed around in his saddle | [ with obj. ] : his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one. • [ with obj. ] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading: the curriculum is skewed toward the practical subjects. • [ with obj. ] Statistics cause (a distribution ) to be asymmetrical. DERIVATIVES skew ness noun ORIGIN 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.

 

skew arch

skew arch (also skew bridge ) ▶noun an arch (or bridge ) with the line of the arch not at right angles to the abutment.

 

skewback

skew back |ˈskyo͞oˌbak ˈskjuˌbæk | ▶noun the sloping face of the abutment on which an extremity of an arch rests.

 

skewbald

skew bald |ˈskyo͞oˌbôld ˈskjuːbɔːld | ▶adjective (of an animal ) with irregular patches of white and another color (properly not black ). Compare with piebald. ▶noun a skewbald animal, esp. a horse. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete skewed ‘skewbald ’ (of uncertain origin ), on the pattern of piebald .

 

skewer

skew er |ˈskyo͞oər ˈskjʊ (ə )r | ▶noun a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer: (as adj. skewered ) : skewered meat and fish. • informal criticize (someone ) sharply. ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

skew gear

skew gear ▶noun a gear consisting of two cogwheels having non-parallel, non-intersecting axes.

 

skew-symmetric

skew-sym met ric ▶adjective Mathematics (of a matrix ) having all the elements of the principal diagonal equal to zero, and each of the remaining elements equal to the negative of the element in the corresponding position on the other side of the diagonal.

 

skew-whiff

skew-whiff ▶adverb & adjective Brit. informal not straight; askew: [ as adv. ] : he knocked my wig skew-whiff.

 

Oxford Dictionary

skew

skew |skjuː | ▶adjective 1 neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked: his hat looked slightly skew | a skew angle. 2 Mathematics (of a pair of lines ) neither parallel nor intersecting. • (of a curve ) not lying in a plane. 3 Statistics (of a statistical distribution ) not symmetrical. ▶noun 1 an oblique angle; a slant. 2 a bias towards one particular group or subject: the paper had a working-class skew. 3 [ mass noun ] Statistics the state of not being symmetrical. ▶verb 1 [ no obj., with adverbial ] suddenly change direction or position: the car had skewed across the track. • twist or turn or cause to do this: he skewed around in his saddle | [ with obj. ] : his leg was skewed in and pushed against the other one. 2 [ with obj. ] make biased or distorted in a way that is regarded as inaccurate, unfair, or misleading: the curriculum is skewed towards the practical subjects. 3 [ with obj. ] Statistics cause (a distribution ) to be asymmetrical. PHRASES on the skew neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew. DERIVATIVES skewness noun ORIGIN 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.

 

skew arch

skew arch (also skew bridge ) ▶noun an arch (or bridge ) with the line of the arch not at right angles to the abutment.

 

skewback

skew |back |ˈskjuːbak | ▶noun the sloping face of the abutment on which an extremity of an arch rests.

 

skewbald

skew |bald |ˈskjuːbɔːld | ▶adjective (of an animal ) having irregular patches of white and another colour (properly not black ). Compare with piebald. ▶noun a skewbald animal, especially a horse. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from obsolete skewed ‘skewbald ’ (of uncertain origin ), on the pattern of piebald .

 

skewer

skew ¦er |ˈskjuːə | ▶noun a long piece of wood or metal used for holding pieces of food, typically meat, together during cooking. ▶verb [ with obj. ] fasten together or pierce with a pin or skewer: (as adj. skewered ) : skewered meat and fish. • informal subject to sharp criticism or critical analysis: politicians are used to being skewered. ORIGIN late Middle English: of unknown origin.

 

skew gear

skew gear ▶noun a gear consisting of two cogwheels having non-parallel, non-intersecting axes.

 

skew-symmetric

skew-symmetric ▶adjective Mathematics (of a matrix ) having all the elements of the principal diagonal equal to zero, and each of the remaining elements equal to the negative of the element in the corresponding position on the other side of the diagonal.

 

skew-whiff

skew-whiff ▶adverb & adjective Brit. informal not straight; askew: [ as adv. ] : he knocked my wig skew-whiff.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

skew

skew verb anyone can skew the data to their own advantage: distort, misrepresent, pervert, twist, falsify, bias, alter, change; informal doctor, put a spin on.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

skew-whiff

skew-whiff adjective & adverb Brit. informal his tie was skew-whiff. See crooked (sense 4 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

skew

skew /skjuː /動詞 他動詞 〈情報など 〉をゆがませる, 〈事実 〉を曲解する ; …を斜めにする .自動詞 斜めに進む, それる ; «…を » 横目で見る «at » .形容詞 1 ゆがんだ, 曲がった ; 斜めの, 一方に傾いた .2 〘数 統計 〙歪 （わい ）対称の ; 〘数 〙ねじれの位置の .名詞 U C 傾斜, ゆがみ, 曲がり .on the sk é w 斜めで, 曲がって .

 

skewer

sk é w er 名詞 C 1 (調理用 )金 [木 ]串 （ぐし ）, 焼き串 .2 串状のもの .動詞 他動詞 〈食べ物 〉に串を刺す .

 

skew(-)whiff

sk è w (-)wh í ff 形容詞 ｟英話 ｠斜めの, ゆがんだ .