| 单词 | contortion |
| 释义 | con·tor·tion /kənˈtɔːʃən $ -ɔːr-/ noun 1 [countable]BEND a twisted position or movement that looks surprising or strange 扭曲的姿势[动作] I could not force my body into the contortions required by classical ballet. 我无法按古典芭蕾的要求把自己的身体弄成扭曲的姿势。 facial contortions 面部扭曲2 BEND[uncountable] when something is twisted so that it does not have its normal shape 扭曲，变形 involuntary muscle contortion 不由自主的肌肉扭曲3 [countable]COMPLICATED something difficult you have to do in order to achieve something 困难，周折 He went through a series of amazing contortions to get Karen a work permit. 他费尽周折才为凯伦弄到了一张工作许可证。Examples from the Corpuscontortion• By a contortion of semantics he led the so-called Liberal Party.• It frees him from the awkward contortions of hand and wrist that make violin lessons and practice all too necessary.• He places a tiny wire runner with effortless case, in comparison with my desperate finger-wrestling, rope-biting contortions.• the involuntary contortion of muscles• Some bills go through numerous legislative contortions before they are approved.• Torrence dances with the lithe contortions of a cobra.• Two wounded people, he will joke during their nightly contortions.• One contortion flows into another, each stunt is more beautiful than the last.• I went to a gory pile of dead human forms in every kind of stiff contortion.• His thin body was rigid and they could see the contortions of his facial muscles beneath the skin.con·tor·tion nounChineseSyllable position or strange that Corpus a looks or movement surprising twisted |
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