| 单词 | contort |
| 释义 | contort (once / 2243 pages) v To contort something is to bend or twist it out of its original shape. Faces are often said to contort with one particular emotion or another. In general contort refers to something that is fairly adaptable and can return to its previous shape. A face, after it has contorted with rage, for example, will return to its normal expression (unless you've done something really bad.). If you bend or twist your sister's doll, you "break it" rather than "contort it." WORD FAMILYcontort: contorted, contorting, contortion, contorts+/contorted: contortedly/contortion: contortionist, contortions/contortionist: contortionists USAGE EXAMPLES“There are innumerable images of candidates seemingly contorted in expression or gesture,” the artist said. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) For several months after that debacle, Democrats contorted themselves in self-examination. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) His somber tones and cubist, contorted figures have poetic energy but also a tension that echoed my unease. Wall Street Journal(Nov 23, 2016) v twist and press out of shape Syn|Hypo|Hyper deform, distort, wring wrench, wring twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish wringtwist, squeeze, or compress in order to extract liquid morph change shape as via computer animation distort, twine, twist form into a spiral shape |
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