| 单词 | distort |
| 释义 | distort (once / 625 pages) v Distort means to twist out of shape. When you look at a tree through a twisting kaleidoscope, you distort its image, making its branches and leaves look wavy and misshapen. Distort is a verb that means to change the shape of something. You can distort pretzel dough by twisting it into the shape of an "S" instead of a normal pretzel shape. You can also distort, or change, the meaning of something. When one distorts the truth, it might not be an out-and-out lie; it could just be an exaggeration — like telling your pals you caught a six-foot tuna when you actually landed a six-inch minnow. WORD FAMILYdistort: distortable, distorted, distorting, distortion, distorts+/distorted: distortedly, undistorted/distortion: distortionist, distortions USAGE EXAMPLESHere’s an idea: Update part of the approval process that was patient zero for distorting data on a drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) She also plans to mention the effect of Brexit on the European Union, talking about “distorted pictures” of the EU and of parliamentary democracy. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Netanyahu called the decision “distorted” but said that Israel will overcome it. Time(Dec 24, 2016) 1v twist and press out of shape Syn|Hypo|Hyper contort, deform, 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 twine, twist form into a spiral shape 2v alter the shape of (something) by stress Syn|Hypo|Hyper deform, strain jaundice distort adversely form, shape give shape or form to 3v form into a spiral shape Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper twine, twist untwist cause to become untwisted wrench, wring twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish contort, deform, wringtwist and press out of shape entangle, mat, snarl, tangletwist together or entwine into a confusing mass enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twinespin,wind, or twist together spinwork natural fibers into a thread interweave, weaveinterlace by or as if by weaving morphchange shape as via computer animation plaitweave into plaits feltmat together and make felt-like enmesh, ensnarl, meshentangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh wind, wreatheform into a wreath wattleinterlace to form wattle inweaveweave together into a fabric or design raddle, ruddletwist or braid together, interlace plash, pleachinterlace the shoots of shootvariegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors tinselinterweave with tinsel braid, pleachform or weave into a braid or braids knot, ravel, tangletangle or complicate splicejoin by interweaving strands change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 4v affect as in thought or feeling Syn|Hyper color, colour, tinge affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on have an effect upon 5v make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story Syn|Hypo|Hyper falsify, garble, warp mangle, murder, mutilate alter so as to make unrecognizable belie, misrepresent represent falsely |
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