Front | distort |
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Pron | [dɪ'stɔːrt] |
Back | 【distort】 v.歪曲;扭曲 Newspaper accounts of political and international affairs are often distorted. 报上登载的政治及国际事件常是歪曲的。 |
Vocab | distorttwist and press out of shape
Distort means to twist out of shape. When you look at a tree through a twisting kaleidoscope, you distort its image, making its branches and leaves look wavy and misshapen. Distort is a verb that means to change the shape of something. You can distort pretzel dough by twisting it into the shape of an "S" instead of a normal pretzel shape. You can also distort, or change, the meaning of something. When one distorts the truth, it might not be an out-and-out lie; it could just be an exaggeration — like telling your pals you caught a six-foot tuna when you actually landed a six-inch minnow. All forms of 'distort' will appear on average once every 625 pages. distort distortable distorted distortion undistorted distortionist |
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