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Not straight, not level, or not steady — it wobbles, leans, or sits at a slightly wrong angle.
Not straight, not level, or not steady不直、不平，或不穩 — it wobbles, leans, or sits at a slightly wrong angle它會搖、會歪，或是角度有點不對
A table with one short leg is wonky; a shelf you put up badly is wonky; if you draw a circle by hand it comes out wonky.
A table with one short leg is wonky一張桌子有一隻腳比較短就是wonky; a shelf you put up badly is wonky架子裝得不好也是wonky; if you draw a circle by hand it comes out wonky用手畫一個圓也會畫得wonky歪歪的. From that由這裡延伸, people stretch it to mean 'not working properly' in a small, annoying way大家也會用它來說「有點不太好用、有點煩人的小狀況」: my knee's been a bit wonky since I fell我跌倒之後膝蓋就有點wonky怪怪的, the wifi's gone wonky again網路又wonky秀逗了, the printer's wonky today印表機今天wonky怪怪的
From that, people stretch it to mean 'not working properly' in a small, way: my knee's been a bit wonky since I fell, the wifi's gone wonky again, the printer's wonky today. It almost never means seriously broken or dangerous — it means slightly off, and there's usually a smile in it.
It almost never means seriously broken or dangerous它幾乎不會表示嚴重壞掉或危險 — it means slightly off它的意思是有點不對勁, and there's usually a smile in it而且講的時候通常帶著笑意
This is British and Australian English, informal and friendly; you say it in conversation and in a message to a friend, not in a report. Americans understand it but don't say it much, and in American English 'wonky' more often means something completely different — obsessed with policy details ('a wonky article about tax law'), from 'policy wonk'. So the same spelling is really two words in two places, and which one people hear depends on where they are.
This is British and Australian English這是英式和澳式英語的用法, informal and friendly很口語、很親切; you say it in conversation and in a message to a friend你會在聊天或傳訊息給朋友時用它, not in a report而不是寫在報告裡. Americans understand it but don't say it much美國人聽得懂但不太這樣說, and in American English而在美式英語裡, 'wonky' more often means something completely different「wonky」更常指完全不同的意思 — obsessed with policy details鑽研政策細節 ('a wonky article about tax law')（像「一篇很wonky、談稅法的文章」）, from 'policy wonk'源自「policy wonk」這個詞. So the same spelling is really two words in two places所以同樣的拼法其實是兩個地方的兩個不同的字, and which one people hear depends on where they are聽的人會聯想到哪一個，要看他們身處哪裡
組成From dialect wanky, an altered form of Middle English wankel 'unstable, shaky', from Old English wancol 'unstable'. The idea of swaying or not standing firm has been inside this word for over a thousand years.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wonkyadj詞源 1/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/
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Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
- Who's this gimp with a wonky eye / I don't know but his lips are dry
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Feeble, shaky or rickety.
- It seemed likely that he would need First Aid when those wonky steps yielded, at length, to the well-known law of gravitation.
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informalcomputingengineeringmathematicsSuffering from intermittent bugs.
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informalGenerally incorrect.
- “It’s the ‘societal value’ part this looks wonky to me,” Mr. [Lee] McIntyre said in an email to The Times.
wonkynoun詞源 1/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA subgenre of electronic music employing unstable rhythms, complex time signatures, and mid-range synths.
- By the late 2000s, dubstep had splintered into numerous factions, from brostep to wonky to the evocative “purple,” […]
wonkyadj詞源 2/ˈwɒŋ.kɪ/
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Technically worded, in the style of jargon.
- Climate change is an issue that might lend itself more easily to thematic framing in the news, due to the often highly technical and wonky language required to explain it.
- McCain's message, while similar in content and equally as valid, is lost in the minutiae of “'high-risk' pools” and wonky jargon.
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Technical in nature, difficult for non-specialists to understand.
- During the boom times, Paris Hilton, Snoop Dogg, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon all gushed about or invested in crypto projects, bringing a mainstream audience to the wonky world of digital currencies.
- [Senator Todd] Young is a low-key Indiana lawmaker with an enthusiasm for wonky, but important national security issues. He's a protégé of the late Sen. Richard Lugar, a low-key Indiana lawmaker who had an enthusiasm for wonky but important national security issues.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。