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         这首童谣描述一名男子，他与他身边的事物皆是“扭曲”的，有人理解为精神失常，单从crook一词推断是没有根据的。

       爱乐娃泽妈找到了维基的出处。这首押韵诗最早是在19世纪40年代由James Orchard Halliwell记录的，20世纪初流行起来。一些人称拉文纳姆镇启迪了作者的灵感。其他人主张这首诗来源于英国查尔斯王一世（1600-1649）。歪歪扭扭的人被称为亚历山大·列斯利苏格兰爵士。他订立了盟约，保卫苏格兰的宗教和政治自由。诗中“歪歪扭扭的台阶”是指英格兰和苏格兰之间的边界。“他们都住在一所歪歪扭扭的房子里”指的是英格兰和苏格兰最终达成协议，摒弃双方人民一直以来的仇恨，源于共同的边界不得不和平共处。

       The rhyme was first recorded by James Orchard Halliwell in the 1840s and gained popularity in the early twentieth century.^[2] Some say the town of Lavenham is believed to have inspired this rhyme.^[3] Others maintain the poem originates from the history of King Charles I of England (1600–1649). The crooked man is reputed to be the Scottish General Sir Alexander Leslie. He signed a covenant securing religious and political freedom for Scotland. The "crooked stile" in the poem was the border between England and Scotland. "They all lived together in a little crooked house" refers to the fact that the English and Scots had at last come to an agreement, despite continuing great animosity between the two peoples, who nonetheless had to live with each other due to their common border.^[

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There was a crooked man,

And he walked a crooked mile,

He found a crooked sixpence

Against a crooked stile.

He bought a crooked cat,

Which caught a crooked mouse,

And they all live together

In a little crooked house.

一个歪歪扭扭的男人，

走在歪歪扭扭的路上。
找到一枚歪歪扭扭的六便士，

踏上了歪歪扭扭的台阶，

买了一只歪歪扭扭的猫儿，

它抓了一只歪歪扭扭的老鼠。

他们都住在一所歪歪扭扭的小房子里。

Crook：使弯曲，弯曲成钩形；

Crook过去分词Crooked
可理解为动词过去分词在这里做形容词

Against有对立；倚靠的意思，做倚靠讲则是介词

stile: 台阶

He bought a crooked cat,which caught a crooked mouse.
定语从句which caught a crooked mouse是作为cat的补充，整句意思为：他买一只歪歪扭扭的猫儿，猫儿抓着歪歪扭扭的老鼠.