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单词 warp
释义
warp1 verbwarp2 noun
warpwarp1 /wɔːp $ wɔːrp/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwarp1
Origin:
Old English weorpan ‘to throw’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
warp
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theywarp
he, she, itwarps
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theywarped
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave warped
he, she, ithas warped
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad warped
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill warp
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have warped
Continuous Form
PresentIam warping
he, she, itis warping
you, we, theyare warping
PastI, he, she, itwas warping
you, we, theywere warping
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been warping
he, she, ithas been warping
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been warping
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be warping
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been warping
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • The hot sun had warped the wooden fence.
  • The wooden fence had warped in the hot sun.
  • Those violent video games must have warped your mind.
  • To prevent the violin body from warping, there is a strong wooden brace along its whole length.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Acrylic primed canvas boards are prone to warping even in normal atmospheres.
  • It is Morrissey himself who is being warped, twisted and cheated by the media.
  • Moreover, the cooling would be uneven, and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked.
  • Pods can also warp, allowing the batteries to slip out of contact, and the contacts themselves are often quite small.
  • The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.
  • The two molecules may warp or twist slightly under the influence of the connection.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorwhen something bends
· The branches of the tree bent over into the water.· I tried opening it with the knife but the blade bent.
if a leaf or piece of cloth curls , it gradually bends, starting at its edges, especially as a result of heat or dryness: · I threw the letter into the fire. It curled, darkened, and then burst into flames.curl inward: · The document was yellow and its edges had curled inward.
if something strong and hard buckles , it bends in the middle, usually because of very strong pressure or great heat: · The aluminium chair buckled under Charles's weight.· Windows shattered with the heat from the blaze and metal doors buckled like cardboard.
if something made of wood warps , it bends and twists slightly as a result of too much heat, dryness, age etc, so that it is no longer flat or straight: · The wooden fence had warped in the hot sun.· To prevent the violin body from warping, there is a strong wooden brace along its whole length.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgment.
1[intransitive, transitive] if something warps, or if heat or cold warps it, it becomes bent or twisted, and loses its original shape:  The door must be warped. It won’t close properly.2[transitive] to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave:  You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgment.
warp1 verbwarp2 noun
warpwarp2 noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwarp2
Origin:
1 Old English wearp2 1600-1700 WARP1
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Imperial merchantmen traversing the warp would flee at the sighting of one.
  • It was a warp in time, a secret crease in space.
  • On other wavelengths of perception than the visible, the warp was far from empty.
  • The union movement in this country suffers from fossilized leadership trapped in a time warp.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· Step inside, however, and you enter a technological time warp.· The union movement in this country suffers from fossilized leadership trapped in a time warp.· Or had he recently passed through a time warp and thought he was back in the 70s?· Here is a time warp if ever there was one.· On a rocky unmade track through the olive groves, we might have strayed through a time warp into a Biblical landscape.· For him there was a time warp in which things from different eras overlapped.· I was stuck in a time warp in every sense, one that encompassed my part of Cliff Top as well.· Hanoi itself appeared to be caught in a time warp.
1the warp technical the threads used in weaving cloth that go from the top to the bottom of the machineweft2[singular] a part of something that has become bent or twisted from its original shape time warp
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