skew
gb/skjˈu/ us/skjˈu/
B2
영어
torzít, ferdít, ferdül, eltolódás, időeltérés, kitérő
동사
C1
1
torzít
B2
사용 패턴：
[something] skews [something] (toward [something])
The low response rate skewed the survey results toward people with strong opinions.
Az alacsony válaszadási arány a határozott véleményű emberek felé torzította a felmérés eredményeit.
Relying on one source can skew your understanding of the issue.
Ha egyetlen forrásra hagyatkozol, az torzíthatja a kérdés megértését.
A few extremely high salaries skew the average upward.
학습자용 예문
This small group will skew the results.
Ez a kis csoport torzítani fogja az eredményeket.
Missing data can skew the report.
A hiányzó adatok torzíthatják a jelentést.
자주 하는 실수：
Learners may confuse skew (make biased) with askew (not straight).
뜻
make results biased or distorted
연어
skew the results
|skew the data
|skew the numbers
|skew the sample
|skew the findings
|skew the statistics
|skew perceptions
|skew the balance
|skew the analysis
|skew heavily toward
유의어
bias (Most direct synonym; often implies unfairness.)
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distort (Emphasizes making something inaccurate or misleading.)
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tilt (Suggests a noticeable lean toward one side.)
반의어
balance (Make or keep something even and fair.)
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correct (Fix bias or error so results are accurate.)
주제
statistics
|media
|business
|research
정의
to make results or opinions lean too much to one side
To cause information, results, or someone’s judgment to be unfairly weighted in one direction, so it no longer accurately represents reality.
동사
B2
2
사용 패턴：
[someone/something] skews [something] (to/toward [direction])
He accidentally skewed the picture when he tightened the frame.
Véletlenül elferdítette a képet, amikor meghúzta a keretet.
The designer skewed the text box to match the poster’s diagonal lines.
A tervező elferdítette a szövegdobozt, hogy illeszkedjen a plakát átlós vonalaihoz.
A strong gust of wind skewed the umbrella sideways.
학습자용 예문
Please don’t skew the photo.
Kérlek, ne ferdítsd el a fotót.
The sign is skewed to the right.
A tábla jobbra ferdén áll.
자주 하는 실수：
Learners often use askew when they mean skewed; askew is an adjective meaning 'not straight.'
뜻
turn or set at an angle
연어
skew the image
|skew the camera angle
|skew the frame
|skew slightly
|skew to the left
|skew to the right
|skew the perspective
|skew the layout
|skew the rectangle
|skew the alignment
유의어
slant (Common everyday word; slightly more general.)
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tilt (Often implies rotating up/down or side-to-side.)
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angle (Focuses on setting something to a particular angle.)
반의어
straighten (Make something straight again.)
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align (Make parts line up correctly.)
주제
daily_life
|design
|photography
정의
to make something not straight, but angled
To cause something to be positioned, shaped, or moved at a slant rather than straight or square, or to become slanted.
명사
C1
3
eltolódás
B2
사용 패턴：
a skew (toward [something])
There’s a clear skew toward higher-income households in the sample.
A mintában egyértelmű eltolódás látszik a magasabb jövedelmű háztartások felé.
The platform’s user base has a strong age skew.
A platform felhasználói bázisában erős életkori eltolódás van.
After removing duplicates, the skew in the numbers largely disappeared.
학습자용 예문
The data shows a skew toward older users.
Az adatok az idősebb felhasználók felé való eltolódást mutatnak.
자주 하는 실수：
In this sense, skew is countable in phrases like 'a skew toward X' but is more often discussed with 'skewed' (e.g., 'skewed distribution').
뜻
uneven distribution or imbalance
연어
a skew toward
|a noticeable skew
|a strong skew
|a demographic skew
|an age skew
|a gender skew
|a regional skew
|a political skew
|a left skew
|a right skew
유의어
bias (Often suggests unfairness or a systematic leaning.)
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imbalance (Highlights uneven amounts without implying intent.)
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tilt (More informal; suggests a lean rather than a strict statistical property.)
반의어
balance (An even or fair distribution.)
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evenness (Lack of strong leaning to one side.)
주제
statistics
|business
|society
|research
정의
a situation where one side has more than the other
An imbalance in a set of data or a group, where one side, category, or direction is more common or influential than others.
명사
C1
TECHNICAL
4
eltolódás
C1
időeltérés
C1
사용 패턴：
skew between [thing A] and [thing B]
Engineers tracked the skew between the audio and video streams during playback.
A mérnökök lejátszás közben nyomon követték a hang- és videofolyam közötti eltolódást.
The logs showed a skew of several seconds between the two servers’ timestamps.
A naplók több másodperces időeltérést mutattak a két szerver időbélyegei között.
Even small clock skew can cause problems in distributed systems.
뜻
misalignment in timing or position
연어
timing skew
|clock skew
|audio-video skew
|skew between streams
|timestamp skew
|network skew
|synchronization skew
|measurement skew
|latency skew
|skew compensation
유의어
offset (Common technical term for a difference in alignment or time.)
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drift (Emphasizes a difference that grows over time.)
반의어
synchronization (State of being aligned in time or operation.)
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alignment (Correct lining up in position or timing.)
주제
technology
|computing
|engineering
정의
a small difference when two things should match
A difference between two things that should line up, especially in time (such as audio and video, or system clocks) or in synchronized processes.
C2
TECHNICAL
5
kitérő
C2
사용 패턴：
skew lines
In three dimensions, two edges of the box can be skew rather than parallel.
Három dimenzióban a doboz két éle lehet kitérő, nem pedig párhuzamos.
The diagram shows a pair of skew lines that never intersect.
Az ábra egy olyan kitérő egyenespárt mutat, amelyek soha nem metszik egymást.
You can’t find a single plane that contains both skew lines.
뜻
non-parallel, non-intersecting geometry
연어
skew lines
|skew line
|skew geometry
|skew axis
유의어
noncoplanar (More technical; specifies not lying in the same plane.)
반의어
parallel (Lines that never meet but stay the same distance apart in the same plane.)
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intersecting (Lines that cross at a point.)
주제
mathematics
|education
정의
two lines in 3D that never meet
Of lines in three-dimensional space: not parallel and not intersecting, so they do not lie in the same plane.
문법
기본형
skew
IPA
GB/skjˈu/
US/skjˈu/
음절 및 강세
skew （1음절）
Stress on 1st syllable (skew)
활용형
Adjective
- Base: skew
Verb
- Base: skew
- 3rd Person Singular: skews
- Present Participle: skewing
- Past: skewed
표현
negative skew
1/nˈɛɡɪtɪv skjˈu/
fixed phrase
technical
tail on the left
a graph where a few small values stretch to the left
예문
- Test scores can show negative skew when most students score high.
- The plot indicates negative skew, with a longer tail on the left side.
- After the change, the distribution shifted from positive skew to slight negative skew.
positive skew
1/pˈɑzɪtɪv skjˈu/
fixed phrase
technical
tail on the right
a graph where a few big values stretch to the right
예문
- Income data often shows positive skew because a few people earn very high amounts.
- The histogram has a clear positive skew, with a long right tail.
- Outliers created a positive skew in the dataset.
skew lines
1/skjˈu lˈaɪnz/
fixed phrase
technical
3D lines that never meet
예문
- The opposite edges of a cube can form skew lines.
- Skew lines do not lie in the same plane.
- The exercise asks you to identify a pair of skew lines in the diagram.
skew-whiff
1/skjˈu wˈɪf/
fixed phrase
informal
crooked or not straight
not straight; crooked
예문
- The shelf looks a bit skew-whiff—can you level it?
- He put the poster up skew-whiff, so it kept bothering everyone in the room.
- My glasses feel skew-whiff after I sat on them.
학습자용 예문
- The picture is skew-whiff.