crooked
adjective
uk/ˈkrʊk.ɪd/us/ˈkrʊk.ɪd/crookedadjective(BENT)
notformingastraightline, or having manybends:
歪的，不直的；弯曲的You have todriveslowlyon these crookedcountryroads.在这些弯弯曲曲的乡间小路上开车得慢点。
Hisfrontteethare crooked.他的门牙长得歪歪扭扭。
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- crook
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- intertwine
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- twine
- wring
crookedadjective(CRIMINAL)
informal
dishonest:
不老实的；狡诈的crookedpoliceofficers不诚实的警察
deceiving others and not telling the truth
- dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics.
- untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source.
- deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work?
- deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted.
Dishonest
- artificiality
- bad faith
- be rotten to the coreidiom
- bent
- cowboy
- dubious
- dubiously
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- knavery
- louche
- low-down
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- sugar-coated
- under false pretencesphrase
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous