資料來源 : pyDict

扭彎,扭歪,曲解

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Contortion \Con*tor"tion\, n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion.
   See {Contort}, and cf. {Torsion}.]
   A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the
   contortion of the muscles of the face. --Swift.

         All the contortions of the sibyl, without the
         inspiration.                             --Burke.

資料來源 : WordNet®

contortion
     n 1: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something
          (e.g., yourself) [syn: {deformation}]
     2: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; "they built a tree
        house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat
        performed incredible contortions" [syn: {tortuosity}, {tortuousness},
         {torsion}, {crookedness}]