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单词 skewer
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
skew•er /ˈskyuɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Fooda long pin for inserting through meat or other food to hold it while it is cooking:putting the shish kebab on skewers.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to fasten by piercing with or as if with a skewer.
  2. to criticize harshly or persistently:The media skewered that official for his foolish comments.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
skew•er  (skyo̅o̅′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fooda long pin of wood or metal for inserting through meat or other food to hold or bind it in cooking.
  2. any similar pin for fastening or holding an item in place.

v.t. 
  1. to fasten with or as if with a skewer.
  • ?
  • earlier skiver 1670–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
skewer /ˈskjʊə/ n
  1. a long pin for holding meat in position while being cooked, etc
  2. a similar pin having some other function
 vb
  1. (transitive) to drive a skewer through or fasten with a skewer
Etymology: 17th Century: probably from dialect skiver
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