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warp v./n.翘起，弯曲 warp (v.) "to bend, twist, distort," Old English weorpan "to throw, throw away, hit with a missile," from Proto-Germanic *werpan "to fling by turning the arm" (cognates: Old Saxon werpan, Old Norse verpa "to throw," Swedish värpa "to lay eggs," Old Frisian werpa, Middle Low German and Dutch werpen, German werfen, Gothic wairpan "to throw"), from PIE *werp- "to turn, wind, bend" (cognates: Latin verber "whip, rod;" Greek rhabdos "rod," rhombos "magic wheel"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).Connection between "turning" and "throwing" is perhaps in the notion of rotating the arm in the act of throwing; compare Old Church Slavonic vrešti "to throw," from the same PIE root. The meaning "twist out of shape" is first recorded c.1400; intransitive sense is from mid-15c. Related: Warped; warping.warp (n.) "threads running lengthwise in a fabric," Old English wearp, from Proto-Germanic *warpo- (cognates: Middle Low German warp, Old High German warf "warp," Old Norse varp "cast of a net"), from PIE *werp- "to turn, bend" (see warp (v.)). The warp of fabric is that across which the woof is "thrown." Applied in 20c. astrophysics to the "fabric" of space-time, popularized in noun phrase warp speed by 1960s TV series "Star Trek." 【记】wrap (裹，包，捆)的时候造成warp；war 战争 + 音：破，战争破坏，扭曲了一切【相关】weft 纬纱纱线

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[wɔ:p] 【英】 v./n.翘起，弯曲 (a twist or curve that has developed in something flat or straight )【例】 The door was warped and wouldn't shut. 无

单词	warp
音标	[wɔ:p]
解释	v./n.翘起，弯曲
红宝书	【英】 v./n.翘起，弯曲 (a twist or curve that has developed in something flat or straight ) 【例】 The door was warped and wouldn't shut.
字源	warp (v.) "to bend, twist, distort," Old English weorpan "to throw, throw away, hit with a missile," from Proto-Germanic werpan "to fling by turning the arm" (cognates: Old Saxon werpan, Old Norse verpa "to throw," Swedish värpa "to lay eggs," Old Frisian werpa, Middle Low German and Dutch werpen, German werfen, Gothic wairpan "to throw"), from PIE werp- "to turn, wind, bend" (cognates: Latin verber "whip, rod;" Greek rhabdos "rod," rhombos "magic wheel"), from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Connection between "turning" and "throwing" is perhaps in the notion of rotating the arm in the act of throwing; compare Old Church Slavonic vrešti "to throw," from the same PIE root. The meaning "twist out of shape" is first recorded c.1400; intransitive sense is from mid-15c. Related: Warped; warping. warp (n.) "threads running lengthwise in a fabric," Old English wearp, from Proto-Germanic warpo- (cognates: Middle Low German warp, Old High German warf "warp," Old Norse varp "cast of a net"), from PIE *werp- "to turn, bend" (see warp (v.)). The warp of fabric is that across which the woof is "thrown." Applied in 20c. astrophysics to the "fabric" of space-time, popularized in noun phrase warp speed by 1960s TV series "Star Trek."
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趣味全助记	【记】wrap (裹，包，捆)的时候造成warp；war 战争 + 音：破，战争破坏，扭曲了一切【相关】weft 纬纱纱线

Warp German Cognates Pie Turn Bend V./N.翘起，弯曲 English