| 词汇 | contorting |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | contorting present participle ofcontort contort verb[ I or T ] uk /kənˈtɔːt/ us /kənˈtɔːrt/ to (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form: （使）扭曲;（使）歪曲;（使）变形 contort withHis face contorted with bitterness and rage.他的脸因仇恨和愤怒而扭曲。 Compare deform Bending, twisting and curving arch your back ball up bendy bent bowed describe distortion entwine flex flexion flexural rewind swirlingly swoopy tangle tangled tangly wristy writhe zigzag Related wordscontorted contortion Examples of contortingcontorting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. An intended victim, depending on how it was gripped, was often physically unable to reach the attacker with its mandibles, despite visibly contorting its body in attempts to do so. Kafka himself can only mimic sound's power to trespass space and transgress form: contorting himself into a snake, dragging his body across the passage through which its voices glide. Today we find ourselves contorting our long tradition of domestic liberty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The mine often starts contorting, frequently encircling the stem. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An example of a repulsive effect is a molecule contorting to minimize the coulombic interactions of atoms that hold like charges. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In one scene, her feet are shown contorting and digging into the bed, and she is wiggling her toes and kicking her feet around. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It consists of a contorting of the body into a series of ritualized postures coupled with an exaggerated swimming style. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. So, essentially he created this masterpiece by contorting his fingers into really groovy shapes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When the camera moves back, she is seen rubbing her face, her body is contorting in agony, and her legs are rapidly sliding and kicking around on the bed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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