| 词汇 | distort |
| 释义 | distort verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈstɔːt/ us /dɪˈstɔːrt/ distortverb[T] (CHANGE SHAPE)to change the shape of something so that it looks strange or unnatural: The map distorted Greenland to appear four times its actual size. a distorting mirror Synonyms contort deform With this form of editing you can distort the shape of an object or piece of text. Her face was distorted by anger. We are looking at the picture through a distorting lens. Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed distortion entwine flex flexion flexural swirling swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled wrap something around someone/something wriggle wristy writhe zigzag You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Patterns and shapes Change and changes distortverb[T] (CHANGE MEANING)to change something so that it is false or wrong, or no longer means what it was intended to mean: She accused her opponent of distorting the truth. The survey methods can distort reality. to say something not true in order to deceive lieAll she does is lie - you can't believe a word she says. tell a lieI cannot tell a lie: I chopped down the cherry tree. lie through your teethHe lied through his teeth that he didn't go to the cinema, though he was still holding the ticket stub in his hand as he said it. fibI don't like fibbing, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings by saying his gift was awful. misleadI'm afraid you've been misled. She is, in fact, married. deludeHe's deluding himself if he thinks that he's getting that promotion. The new movie distorts some key facts. As usual, the media have distorted my words. His enemies have deliberately distorted his character and actions. I believe the press have distorted the situation. Lies, lying & hypocrisy a pack of liesidiom artifice bad faith black is whiteidiom cakeism falsification feed someone a lineidiom fib fiction flimflam lie mythologize perjure perjury polygraph someone can talk!idiom stretch the truthidiom weasel words white lie whopper You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Change and changes distortverb[T] (AFFECT)to change or affect something, especially in a way that makes it worse: The government is actually distorting markets and undermining competition. There's a danger this could distort his judgment. Subsidies can distort competition. The closing of the factory has distorted unemployment figures. Our response should not be distorted by feelings of anger or revenge. Damaging and spoiling adulterant adulterate adulterated adulteration applecart butcher dry rot eat eat away at something erode flaw foul queer rain on someone's paradeidiom rampage ravage ravages seismic sour wreck You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Change and changes distortverb[T] (SOUND)to make sound produced on electrical equipment sound strange and unpleasant because of changes in the shape of the sound wave: a powerful amplifier capable of producing sound at high volume without distorting it The sound system distorted the vocals. If you turn up the volume on a weak amplifier it starts distorting the sound. They experimented with slowing the tape down to distort the sound. Background noise could distort the sounds he received through his hearing aid. Recording sounds and images analogue audiovisual binaural binaurally cut deepfake digitally fast-forward misrecord mix monophonically play something back postproduction prerecord production re-record remaster sample sampler videotape distort | American Dictionarydistort verb[ T ] us/dɪˈstɔrt/ to change something from its natural or usual shape or condition: Agony distorted his face. There are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political ends. distortedadjectiveus/dɪˈstɔr·t̬ɪd/ The article presents a distorted view of life in small-town America. distortionnoun[ C/U ]us/dɪˈstɔr·ʃən/ [ C ]Dole charged his opponent with making deliberate distortions of his record. distort | Business Englishdistort verb[ T ] uk /dɪˈstɔːt/us to change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way: Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort trade and reduce potential growth. Local prices may be distorted by trade barriers, sales taxes, or big differences in the cost of inputs such as rents. They claim she deliberately distorted information and put families at risk. These companies systematically distort the truth - by design. Critics said the speaker not only distorted the facts but unfairly criticized one of the city's great success stories. distortionnoun[ C or U ] One way to reduce the resulting price distortions is to cut subsidies. Another distortion of the unemployment rate is the high level of hidden employment. Examples of distortdistort Although various internal representations are an important type of representations, they are typically compressed, segmented, and distorted forms of the represented entity but not emulations. The optical properties of the device can be altered by applying a field whose distorting influence on the liquid crystal opposes that of the surfaces. These surfaces are distorted by hydrostatic balance toward negative anomalies of pressure produced by the bend of the low-pressure vortex cores. The volume of sound, though not to any extent distorted, had suffered a diminution of perspective. The clinicians' difficulties are further compounded by the older adult often having internalised the media version, so pushing down and distorting their own experiences. Where price signals are distorted we expect to see greater inefficiency and higher levels of pollution. Even the angular measure of orthogonality is distorted somewhat by this transformation. Misspellings are harder to correct for spelling checkers, since they can distort the intended word in a more dramatic way than mis-typings. These are caused by atmospheric refraction, which distorts and magnifies distant objects. The army's political power distorted rights protection and market fairness. In each case the fruit of this toxicity is something that is disjointed, distorted and disrupting. Further, these funds may distort compensation profiles and create incentives for the inclusion of overly risky assets in a pension portfolio. The first is that given the small sample size, outliers may have distorted the results. However, the internal dropout for these questions was small and therefore it is unlikely that it distorted the results. While the vortices in the upper row are swept along the edge with minor distortion, those in the lower row are rapidly distorted, or distended. 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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