| 释义 |
dis·tor·tion
\]shən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin distortion-, distortio, from distortus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act of distorting: as
a. : an altering or perverting that essentially falsifies true or accurate facts or true significance
< a gross distortion of the news for propaganda purposes >
b. : a twisting or deforming out of a natural, normal, or original shape, form, or condition
< a distortion of the car chassis resulting from collision >
< distortion of the sort that later became so striking a feature of Cubist painting — Edgar Levy >
< distortion of the economic structure of the country >
c. psychoanalysis : the censorship of unacceptable unconscious impulses so that they are unrecognizable to the ego in the manifest dream content
2. : the quality or state of being distorted or the product of distortion
< the pain showed in the distortion of the facial muscles >
< most of the books about the Orinoco are spiced with enough distortion and fake adventure to nauseate anyone who knows the country — Marston Bates >
< the economic distortion and confusion which will be an inevitable aftermath of the war — L.G.Melville >
as
a. : a distorted form or image
< a painter who paints not observed objects but colorful distortions of them >
also : distorted dream content
b. : a lack of proportionality between corresponding dimensions of an object or its optical image resulting from spherical aberration or other defects in the optical system
c. : the change in wave form of a composite wave train (as a signal over a telephone line or radio) due to unequal speed of transmission or nonproportional attenuation of different frequencies
3. : a sound or sound-producing current introduced into an electrical system that results in falsified reproduction of the original current or sound
• dis·tor·tion·al \]shənəl, ]shnəl\ adjective |