contortion

英 [kənˈtɔːʃn]

美 [kənˈtɔːrʃn]

n.  (脸部或躯体的)扭曲，变形，走样; 扭曲的动作(或姿势)

复数：contortions　

医学

BNC.32664 / COCA.24436

牛津词典

noun

• （脸部或躯体的）扭曲，变形，走样
  the state of the face or body being twisted out of its natural shape
  1. Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
     由于营养不良他们的躯体都变了形。
• 扭曲的动作（或姿势）
  a movement which twists the body out of its natural shape
  1. His facial contortions amused the audience of schoolchildren.
     他扮鬼脸逗得小学生观众都笑起来了。
  2. We had to go through all the usual contortions to get a ticket (= a difficult series of actions) .
     我们照例得费尽心机才能弄到一张票。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (躯体、面部等的)扭弯，扭曲，变形
  Contortionsare movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions.
  1. I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
     我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。

英英释义

noun

• the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
  Synonym:deformation
• a tortuous and twisted shape or position
  1. they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs
  2. the acrobat performed incredible contortions
  Synonym:tortuositytortuousnesstorsioncrookedness

双语例句

• In accordance with the point of view stated in this thesis, the problems appeared in the upgrowth of institutional investors and the contortion appeared in market function are just adaptable reactions to the current system and environment of the capital market in China.
  本文认为，机构投资者培育中的问题与市场功能扭曲均是其对我国资本市场现有制度环境的适应性反应。
• Exaggerated contortion of the body ( of sb's features) move violently; twitch
  过分扭转身体的动作（指人的五官）抽动，扭曲
• Exaggerated contortion of the body
  过分扭转身体的动作
• I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
  我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。
• Anyway, Let's invite the performances of Chinese Acrobatics Troupe again to show us the fabulous Contortion.
  下面我们请出中国杂技团的演员为我们送上令人震撼的柔术表演。
• The complexities of CL comprise of structure complexity, uncertainty, information contortion and amplification, dynamic organization and so on, with distributional, autonomous, interactive and dynamic features.
  该类系统的复杂性包括结构复杂性、不确定性、信息的失真与放大、组织机构的动态性等，具有分布性、自治性、交互性、动态性等特征。
• Formed under the force of contortion, the gas field takes a S configuration.
  中坝气田在扭力的作用下，外形呈S形。
• Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
  由于营养不良他们的躯体都变了形。
• The contortion and overlapping of bodies, the stunning and even abhorrent red lips, they all directly express the piquancy of death and the arrival of hope after breaking everything.
  人体的扭曲与迭加，令人惊奇甚至厌恶的红色嘴唇，直接地表达了死亡的快感以及打破一切后希望的到来。
• Repeated loading and unloading will eventually cause some contortion of the structure.
  反复的装上卸下最终会导致这个结构变形。