Distortion
[dɪ'stɔːʃ(ə)n] or [dɪs'tɔrʃən]
解释:
(noun.) the mistake of misrepresenting the facts.
(noun.) the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean.
(noun.) a change for the worse.
(noun.) a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal); 'heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion'.
克利奥校对--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the distortions of the face or body.
(n.) A wresting from the true meaning.
(n.) The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or out of true position; crookedness; perversion.
(n.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any part of the body producing visible deformity.
校对:琳达
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Twist, wryness, contortion, deformity.[2]. Perversion, misrepresentation, falsification.
整理:昆廷
同义词及反义词:
[See DETORTION_and_PERVERSION]
校对:凯特
例句:
- If you have ever seen a collie smile you may have some idea of Woola's facial distortion. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- There is a big distortion in the transmitting of ideas. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Archer saw no trace of the slight distortion left by her stroke. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- I raised his rigid limbs, I marked the distortion of his face, and the stony eyes lost to perception. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Yes, it will, said Celia, with the same touching distortion of her small features. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Doubtless the leaves of the Cumaean Sibyl have suffered distortion and diminution of interest and excellence in my hands. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Judging from analogy, the tendency to distortion would no doubt be increased through the principle of inheritance. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- And what a distortion in your judgment, what a perversity in your ideas, is proved by your conduct! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- This last story and many such stories may be lies or distortions or exaggerations. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
编辑:内尔达