单词 | twisting |
释义 | twisting (once / 1033 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY twisting: twistingly, twistings+/twist: twisted, twister, twisting, twists, untwist/twisted: twistedest, twistedly/twister: supertwister, twisters/untwist: untwisted, untwisting, untwists USAGE EXAMPLESThe labor pains were radiating from deep in her gut, like pliers twisting her insides. Washington Post(Dec 24, 2016) Smith liked to dream, and he’d spend hours tossing a football at the ceiling and twisting his hands to catch it from different angles. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) Lawmakers who in many cases are lawyers, skilled at twisting words to suit their interests. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1adj marked by repeated turns and bends Syn tortuous, twisty, voluminous, winding crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned 2n the act of rotating rapidly it broke off after much twisting Syn|Hypo|Hyper spin, twirl, twist, whirl pirouette (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) birling, logrollingrotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 3n the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean Syn|Hyper distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture falsification, misrepresentation a willful perversion of facts |
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