| 词汇 | contortion |
| 释义 | contortion noun[ C or U ] uk /kənˈtɔː.ʃən/ us /kənˈtɔːr.ʃən/ the action of twisting or bending violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form, or the shape or form into which something is twisted or bent: 扭曲;扭曲状 facial/bodily contortions面部/身体扭曲 The app allows you to stretch pictures of your face into weird contortions.这款应用程序允许你将脸部的照片拉伸成奇怪的扭曲样子。 She performs impressive contortions to get rid of her body hair.她为了清除体毛把身体扭成令人惊叹的样子。 See contort a strange and unnatural way of thinking about or saying something, or the result of this: He called on the government to end its linguistic contortions and say clearly that the proposed pricing structure is a subsidy. Treating this as a matter of marginal importance requires some intellectual contortion. He went on twisting his body into strange contortions. Her rage provoked some ugly facial contortions. The song unleashed a remarkable series of vocal contortions. I cannot go through the mental contortions necessary to convince myself that all scientists are stupid. This judge cares about the intellectual contortions that sometimes make up legal argument. Patterns and shapes amorphous arabesque argyle asymmetrically asymmetry flecked formless formlessly fretted geoglyph scalloped scissor semilunaris shapeable shaped wavery wavily weave willow pattern zigzag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Complexity |
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