词汇 | warp |
释义 | warp verb uk /wɔːp/ us /wɔːrp/ warpverb (BEND)[ I or T ] If wood warps, or if water or heat warps it, it becomes damaged by bending or twisting: (使)(木材)弯曲,(使)翘曲,(使)变形 After being left in the damp garage, the wooden frame had warped.由于放在潮湿的车库里,木头框架已经变形了。 The heat had warped the boards.热气已经让板子变形了。 Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distorted distortion entwine flex flexion snakily swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag warpverb (STRANGE)[ T ] to make a person or their behaviour strange, in an unpleasant or harmful way: 使(人或人的行为)反常,使变得乖戾;扭曲 Prison warps people. Had it warped Kelley enough that he would kill a stranger?监狱扭曲人性。它有没有使凯利变态到会杀死一个陌生人呢? Affecting and influencing across-the-board affect applicability be/fall under someone's influence/spellidiom bear on something carry colour ear inroad inspiration instrumental instrumentality instrumentally pen rail sphere of influence spill spill over sportswashing start (something) off warp noun uk /wɔːp/ us /wɔːrp/ the warp[ S ] fabrics & fashion specialized the threads that go along the length of a piece of cloth or a loom (= a special frame for making cloth)(织布中的)经纱,经线 Compare the weftspecialized Textiles: general words baize Bargello bias brocade cloth cutpiece denier mesh multi-stranded multifilament nap padding pile pill reweave strand suiting the weft webbed yarn warp | American Dictionarywarp verb us/wɔrp/ warpverb (BEND)[ I/T ] (of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight: [ T ]Water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring. warpverb (MAKE WRONG)[ T ] to cause something or someone to no longer do what is usual or right: The novel is an appraisal of how totalitarianism can warp a society. Examples of warpwarp Their motives will undoubtedly vary from the thrill of managing to access a highly secure system to that of simply obtaining financial gain or personal enhancement or pleasure, however warped. In this sense, morality actually calls attention to animal-like propensities, and it sometimes even exacerbates or warps them because of desire for the release that their expression promises to produce. Such ignorance of what has been happening warps the understanding of the public. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If both warps are cut, the whole gear goes and the vessel loses £2,000-worth of equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The production grant system often warps the pattern of agriculture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tied aid warps priorities, to the detriment of the poor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were warps in every room and every spindle was working, and there was no point in keeping those orders here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that it is too much and that is warps our effort. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vessel was towed astern for about 10 minutes before the gear was freed by the cutting of one of the warps. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are free to take their own course, and it may be that internal political forces are warping the vision of their leaders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that fanaticism warps judgment and often prejudices the causes that it espouses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment we have precious little chance of influencing them except over 30 years of destroying their economy and warping their national consciousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case they are glad to have their warps dressed by someone who is 81 years of age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amount of money that we spend on defence warps our design and technological development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Warps may be useful or necessary for anchoring or the navigation of the vessel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of warp These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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