Twist
[twɪst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) turning or twisting around (in place); 'with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room'.
(noun.) social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; 'they liked to dance the twist'.
(noun.) a jerky pulling movement.
(verb.) twist suddenly so as to sprain; 'wrench one's ankle'; 'The wrestler twisted his shoulder'; 'the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell'; 'I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days'.
(verb.) form into twists; 'Twist the strips of dough'.
(verb.) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; 'Don't twist my words'.
(verb.) turn in the opposite direction; 'twist one's head'.
(verb.) form into a spiral shape; 'The cord is all twisted'.
(verb.) do the twist.
編輯:沃尔夫冈--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To contort; to writhe; to complicate; to crook spirally; to convolve.
(v. t.) Hence, to turn from the true form or meaning; to pervert; as, to twist a passage cited from an author.
(v. t.) To distort, as a solid body, by turning one part relatively to another about an axis passing through both; to subject to torsion; as, to twist a shaft.
(v. t.) To wreathe; to wind; to encircle; to unite by intertexture of parts.
(v. t.) To wind into; to insinuate; -- used reflexively; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
(v. t.) To unite by winding one thread, strand, or other flexible substance, round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as, to twist yarn or thread.
(v. t.) Hence, to form as if by winding one part around another; to wreathe; to make up.
(v. t.) To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
(v. i.) To be contorted; to writhe; to be distorted by torsion; to be united by winding round each other; to be or become twisted; as, some strands will twist more easily than others.
(v. i.) To follow a helical or spiral course; to be in the form of a helix.
(n.) The act of twisting; a contortion; a flexure; a convolution; a bending.
(n.) The form given in twisting.
(n.) That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts.
(n.) A cord, thread, or anything flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
(n.) A kind of closely twisted, strong sewing silk, used by tailors, saddlers, and the like.
(n.) A kind of cotton yarn, of several varieties.
(n.) A roll of twisted dough, baked.
(n.) A little twisted roll of tobacco.
(n.) One of the threads of a warp, -- usually more tightly twisted than the filling.
(n.) A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together; as, Damascus twist.
(n.) The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.
(n.) A beverage made of brandy and gin.
(v. t.) A twig.
錄入:鲁道夫
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Twine, twist together.[2]. Writhe, contort, complicate, convolve.[3]. Wind, wreathe, encircle.
n. Convolution, writhing, contortion, winding, flexure, kink, bending bight, coil.
克劳德整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Contort, convolve, complicate, pervert, distort, wrest, wreath, wind, encircle,form, weave, insinuate, unite, interpenetrate
ANT:Straighten, untwist, rectify, verify, represent, reflect, render, preserve,express, substantiate, unwreath, unwind, detach, disengage, separate, disunite,disentangle, disincorporation, unravel,
彻姬塔編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to twine: to unite or form by winding together: to form from several threads: to encircle with something: to wreathe: to wind spirally: to turn from the true form or meaning: to fabricate compose: to cause to move spirally to bend: to wrest wrench: to insinuate.—v.i. to be united by winding: to be bent to move spirally: to revolve: to writhe.—n. that which is twisted: a cord: a single thread: manner of twisting: a contortion: a small roll of tobacco: a strong silk thread: (obs.) coarse cloth: a wrench strain: a peculiar bent perversion: (slang) a mixed drink also an appetite for food.—adjs. Twist′able; Twist′ed.—n. Twīst′er one who or that which twists: a whirling wind a tornado: the inner part of the thigh of a rider on horseback: a ball as in cricket billiards &c. sent with a twist.—v.t. Twist′le (Scot.) to twist.—n. a wrench.—Twist of the wrist the turning movement of the wrist in any work requiring dexterity any quick action.
錄入:麦克唐纳
例句/造句/用法:
- A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- He has a twist of the gout now and then and walks a little stiffly. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It was this that gave his yarn the name of water-twist. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The history of the last half century is not to be understood without an understanding of the mental twist which this story exemplifies. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I twisted round on the sand and looked behind me. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- She bustled, she chattered, she turned and twisted, and smiled upon one, and smirked on another, all in full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Gerald went past the dark shops and houses, most of them sleeping now, and twisted round to the little blind road that ended on a field of darkness. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- I have had Miss Wade before me all this time, as if it was my own self grown ripe--turning everything the wrong way, and twisting all good into evil. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- One workman is seen cutting a long strand from a hide which he turns round as he cuts, while another man walks backward with this, twisting it as he goes. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- After some twisting and turning of the key, the heavy lock yielded, and he opened the door. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But she sat on in silence, her soul weeping, throbbing violently, her fingers twisting her handkerchief. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- But the stronger the current through the coil, the stronger will be the force tending to rotate the coil, and hence the less effective will be the hindrance of the twisting string. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- This is greatly increased by twisting the fibers together, and is added to by the toughness of the fibers themselves, the whole giving to rope a great resisting power. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- She writhes and twists about like a snake. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Immediately afterwards, he twists him into a public-house and into a parlour, where he confronts him and claps his own back against the door. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- His study of the problem brought him to the development of the modern substation, although the twists that later evolutions have given the idea have left it scarcely recognizable. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Wherever there's a pretty woman he always twists himself in. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The former twists several strands into a rope, the latter several ropes into a cable. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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