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扭曲,歪曲

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

Distort \Dis*tort"\, a. [L. distortus, p. p. of distorquere to
   twist, distort; dis- + torquere to twist. See {Torsion}.]
   Distorted; misshapen. [Obs.]

         Her face was ugly and her mouth distort. --Spenser.

Distort \Dis*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Distorted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Distorting}.]
   1. To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside
      physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body.

            Whose face was distorted with pain.   --Thackeray.

   2. To force or put out of the true posture or direction; to
      twist aside mentally or morally.

            Wrath and malice, envy and revenge, do darken and
            distort the understandings of men.    --Tillotson.

   3. To wrest from the true meaning; to pervert; as, to distort
      passages of Scripture, or their meaning.

   Syn: To twist; wrest; deform; pervert.

資料來源 : WordNet®

distort
     v 1: make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or
          story [syn: {falsify}, {garble}, {warp}]
     2: form into a spiral shape; "The cord is all twisted" [syn: {twist},
         {twine}] [ant: {untwist}]
     3: twist and press out of shape [syn: {contort}, {deform}, {wring}]
     4: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color
        my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"
        [syn: {tinge}, {color}, {colour}]
     5: alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was
        deformed by leprosy" [syn: {deform}, {strain}]