contort
美音:[kən´tɔ:t
]
英音:[kən´tɔ:t
]
vt.扭曲,歪曲
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contort为短语/超纲词汇
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形容词:contortive 名词:contortion 动词过去式:contorted 过去分词:contorted 现在分词:contorting 第三人称单数:contorts
词根
tort＝to twist（卷缠）
近义词, 同义词
contort
/kən'tɔ:t; kən`tɔrt/
v [I, Ipr, Tn] ~ (sth) (with sth) (cause sth to) twist out of its natural shape （使某物）扭曲, 走样
*Her face contorted/was contorted with pain. 她的脸因疼痛而走了样.
* contorted branches, limbs, etc 弯弯曲曲的枝桠、主枝等
* (fig 比喻) a contorted (ie too complicated) explanation, excuse, etc 拐弯抹角的解释、辩解等.
v [I, Ipr, Tn] ~ (sth) (with sth) (cause sth to) twist out of its natural shape （使某物）扭曲, 走样
*Her face contorted/was contorted with pain. 她的脸因疼痛而走了样.
* contorted branches, limbs, etc 弯弯曲曲的枝桠、主枝等
* (fig 比喻) a contorted (ie too complicated) explanation, excuse, etc 拐弯抹角的解释、辩解等.
contort
v [I and T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of contorquere, from com- ( COM-) + torquere 'to twist']
if you contort something, or if it contorts, it twists out of its normal shape and looks strange or unattractive
contort with/in
His face was contorted with rage.
His body contorted in agony.
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin: , past participle of contorquere, from com- ( COM-) + torquere 'to twist']
if you contort something, or if it contorts, it twists out of its normal shape and looks strange or unattractive
contort with/in
His face was contorted with rage.
His body contorted in agony.
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