Warp
[wɔːp] or [wɔrp]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof.
(noun.) a moral or mental distortion.
(noun.) a shape distorted by twisting or folding.
校對:佩德罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To throw; hence, to send forth, or throw out, as words; to utter.
(v. t.) To turn or twist out of shape; esp., to twist or bend out of a flat plane by contraction or otherwise.
(v. t.) To turn aside from the true direction; to cause to bend or incline; to pervert.
(v. t.) To weave; to fabricate.
(v. t.) To tow or move, as a vessel, with a line, or warp, attached to a buoy, anchor, or other fixed object.
(v. t.) To cast prematurely, as young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v. t.) To let the tide or other water in upon (lowlying land), for the purpose of fertilization, by a deposit of warp, or slimy substance.
(v. t.) To run off the reel into hauls to be tarred, as yarns.
(v. t.) To arrange (yarns) on a warp beam.
(v. i.) To turn, twist, or be twisted out of shape; esp., to be twisted or bent out of a flat plane; as, a board warps in seasoning or shrinking.
(v. i.) to turn or incline from a straight, true, or proper course; to deviate; to swerve.
(v. i.) To fly with a bending or waving motion; to turn and wave, like a flock of birds or insects.
(v. i.) To cast the young prematurely; to slink; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v. i.) To wind yarn off bobbins for forming the warp of a web; to wind a warp on a warp beam.
(v.) The threads which are extended lengthwise in the loom, and crossed by the woof.
(v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser.
(v.) A slimy substance deposited on land by tides, etc., by which a rich alluvial soil is formed.
(v.) A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
(v.) Four; esp., four herrings; a cast. See Cast, n., 17.
(v.) The state of being warped or twisted; as, the warp of a board.
戈代娃手打
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Twist or be twisted out of shape (by drying), spring, bend.
v. a. [1]. Twist out of shape (by drying).[2]. Pervert, distort, deviate, bend, bias, turn aside, cause to swerve.
手打:列侬
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Turn, twist, shrink, give, contort, bias, unhinge, distort, prejudice, corrupt,narrow, pervert
ANT:Stand, hold, direct, guide, control, correct, regulate, train, conduct,rectify, expand
錄入:温思罗普
解釋/意思:
v.t. to turn: to twist out of shape: to turn from the right course: to pervert: to move a vessel by hauling on warps or ropes attached to buoys other ships anchors &c.: to improve land by distributing on it by means of embankments canals flood-gates &c. the alluvial mud brought down by rivers: (rare) to change.—v.i. to be twisted out of a straight direction: to bend: to swerve: to move with a bending motion.—n. alluvial sediment: the threads stretched out lengthwise in a loom to be crossed by a woof: a rope used in towing.—adj. Warped twisted by shrinking: perverted.—ns. War′per; War′ping; War′ping-bank a bank to retain water in the process of warping land; War′ping-hook a ropemakers' hook used in twisting rope-yarns; War′ping-post a post in a rope-walk used in warping rope-yarn.
錄入:谢里夫
例句/造句/用法:
- The warp was made by the cloth and linen manufacturers, and the weft yarns furnished by the woman spinsters throughout the country. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The intervening loops and threads are attached to another frame or heddle, and the two heddles by being worked, one up and the other down, separate the warp threads to form the shed. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Through this shed the shuttle which carries the woof or filling thread is sent crosswise the warp threads. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- Jacquard’s invention consisted in individualizing and differentiating the movement of the warp threads, instead of operating them in constant groups. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- For this purpose the warp threads, usually horizontal, are each passed through a loop, and every alternate loop is attached to a frame called a heddle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- When properly dried it does not shrink, warp or swell. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Among the recent devices is one which dispenses with the expensive and skilful work by hand of drawing the warp threads into the eyes of the heddles and through the reed of the loom. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Your mind is warped; you have judged wrong. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Jarndyce and Jarndyce has warped him out of himself and perverted me in his eyes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- A form so straight and fine, I argued, must conceal a mind warped and cruel. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Are there reasons why Skimpole, not being warped by prejudices, should accept it? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- I am not warped by prejudices, as an Italian baby is by bandages. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The door of the press was warped and cracked with age, and the lock was of the smallest and commonest kind. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Such grace as was visible in it, made it the uglier, showing how warped and perverted all things good by nature were become. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The Wrights’ system of balance, the great original feature of their invention, is attained by what is called the warping of the wings. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- These final operations are performed by the warping and dressing machines. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- The problems of balance and of turning corners were therefore both met and solved by warping the planes to meet the conditions of the airship’s contact with the wind. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Warping and Dressing and other Finishing Operations. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
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