Picture a straight line that something has been twisted off. A hat that should sit level is pushed to one side; a picture that should hang straight leans. Nothing is broken and nothing is missing — it is simply no longer on the line it belongs on. Every use of this word keeps that twist: a thing out of position, or a plan that left the track it was meant to run on.
可以想成一條本來筆直的線，有東西被扭到旁邊去了。帽子本來該戴正，現在歪一邊；畫本來該掛直，現在斜著。東西沒壞，也沒少，只是不在它該在的那條線上。這個字的每個用法都留著這個「被扭開」的感覺：可能是一樣東西的位置，也可能是一個計畫原本該走的路線。
From the word’s history
From Middle English awry, analysable as a- (in a state of, as in asleep, aside) plus wry (twisted).
這個字來自中古英語 awry，拆開看是 a-（處在某個狀態，像 asleep、aside）加 wry（扭曲的）。字面上就是「處在被扭歪的狀態」，所以位置歪掉是它最直接的畫面。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:532602637): From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
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