skewer

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/ˈskjuː.ə/    /ˈskjuː.ɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long pin, normally made of metal or wood, used to secure food during cooking.
    — Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade.
  2. That which skews something. rare
  3. Food served on a skewer.
  4. A scenario in which a piece attacks a more valuable piece which, if it moves aside, exposes a less valuable piece.
动词 v.
  1. To impale on a skewer.
  2. To attack a piece which has a less valuable piece behind it.
  3. To severely mock or discredit. figuratively
    — Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation. True masters of the practice possess a bone-deep understanding of their targets; they skewer because they love—or at least, because they’ve done their homework.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of skew: more skew comparative,form-of

词形变化

the bishop can capture the white queen. canonical skewers plural skewers present,singular,third-person skewering participle,present skewered participle,past skewered past skewers plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English skeuier, skuer, likely a variant of Middle English *skever, *skiver (compare Modern English skiver), probably of North Germanic origin, compare Icelandic skífa (“to slice”), Norwegian skive, Swedish skiva, Swedish skifer (“a slate”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
English skew
English -er
English skewer
From skew + -er.
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