单词 | contortion |
释义 | contortion —contortional, adj. —contortioned, adj. /keuhn tawr"sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of contorting. 2. the state of being contorted. 3. a contorted position. 4. something contorted or twisted, as in position or meaning: His account of the incident was a complete contortion of fact. [1605-15; < L contortion- (s. of contortio) a whirling around. See CONTORT, -ION] |
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