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单词 distortive
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distortiveadj.

Etymology: < Latin distort- participial stem + -ive suffix: compare Latin tortīvus.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: diˈstortive.
Having the quality of distorting; producing or tending to distortion.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adjective] > putting out of shape
warping1598
perversive1693
distortive1823
deforming1870
racking1874
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 166 The ships in the north-west..were..subject to a distortive influence; these appeared..elevated by refraction, like oblong black streaks, lengthened out.
1823 W. Scoresby Jrnl. Voy. Northern Whale-fishery 168 In its distortive effect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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