词汇 | cockeyed |
释义 | cockeyed adjective uk /ˌkɒkˈaɪd/ us /ˌkɑːkˈaɪd/ cockeyedadjective (SLOPING)informal not straight, but sloping to one side: 斜的,歪的 Would you straighten that picture over there? - It's a bit cockeyed.把那边那幅画摆正一点好吗?——有点歪。 Slanting, sloping, leaning, tilting acclivity angled anteversion anteverted askew inclination incline lean lopsided lopsidedly lopsidedness oblique obliquely rake skew-whiff slant slanting slantingly slantwise steep cockeyedadjective (STUPID)used to describe a plan or idea that is stupid, not suitable, or not likely to be successful: (计划或主意)荒唐的,不合适的,不切实际的 The government has dreamed up some cockeyed scheme for getting unemployed youngsters back into work.政府凭空想出某个荒谬的计划,想通过它让失业青年重新找到工作。 Stupid and silly absurd absurdity absurdly adolescent against your better judgmentidiom dopily dorky dottiness dotty dozily in his/her/their wisdomidiom in someone's infinite wisdomidiom inadvisable injudicious injudiciously uncritical uncritically undiscriminating unintelligent unperceptive cockeyedadjective (DRUNK)mainly USold-fashionedinformal having drunk too much alcohol酒醉的,喝醉酒的 Synonym drunk Drunkenness & sobriety alky battered beer goggles binge drinker binge drinking blasted drunk dial have a few (too many)idiom in a drunken stupor inebriate inebriated inebriating muzzy ripped roaring drunkidiom shit-faced slaughtered slewed smashed whacked cockeyed | American Dictionarycockeyed adjective, adverb us/ˈkɑkˌɑɪd/ cockeyedadjective, adverb (SLOPING)not level but set at an angle: That picture looks cockeyed – it tilts to the left. cockeyed adjective us/ˈkɑkˌɑɪd/ cockeyedadjective (RIDICULOUS)completely unreasonable; ridiculous: The movie is based on a cockeyed premise. Examples of cockeyedcockeyed The statistics for quotas are comical and cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is the most cockeyed idea yet, and dangerously silly at that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that we are getting into a thoroughly cockeyed, idiotic state in the way these things are being handled under our legislation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a cockeyed way of doing things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only conclude that it was a pretty cockeyed judgment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this not, after all, a cockeyed idea? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, that is a cockeyed sense of values. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is cockeyed when electricity is divorced from gas and electricity and gas are divorced from water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another important point about land is that the system of valuation is cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us for heaven's sake not get this thing cockeyed by putting the wrong label, or the right label in the wrong way, on it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not complaining in any way, but it seemed to me that this arrangement was really cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The unions even refused to give evidence to the commission because they recognised that the terms of reference were cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a changing situation and our present policy seems to me to be completely cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seems to me to be a cockeyed way of doing things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Procedure on the matter has been rather cockeyed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of cockeyed These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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