用作定语
▲～+n.
No one is as honest as he is,but he is disliked by a crooked neighbour of his.没有谁像他那么诚实，但他那位狡猾的邻居却不喜欢他。
用作表语
▲S+be+～
The picture on the wall is crooked— I must put it straight.墙上那幅画挂歪了,我得把它扶正。
My back is so crooked and painful that I cannot stand upright.我的背又弯又痛,站不直。
▲S+be+～+prep.-phrase
It was crooked of me to palm off the tale on you.用这套假话骗你，是我不老实。
