twist
vt. 扭成一束; 搓,捻; 繞,卷; 連結,交結
vi. 被搓揉; 蜿蜒,曲折; 扭曲身體,扭動; 旋轉,轉動
n. 揉搓之物; 絲線; 菸草卷; 旋轉
If you twist something, you turn it to make a spiral shape, for example by turning the two ends of it in opposite directions.
Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried...
她雙手開始捻弄手提包的拎帶。
Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand...
用另外一隻手小心地把細繩纏繞到第二根莖上。
If you twist something, especially a part of your body, or if it twists, it moves into an unusual, uncomfortable, or bent position, for example because of being hit or pushed, or because you are upset.
He twisted her arms behind her back and clipped a pair of handcuffs on her wrists...
他把她的胳膊扭到背後,在她手腕上拷上一副手銬。
Sophia's face twisted in pain...
索菲婭疼得臉都扭曲了。
If you twist part of your body such as your head or your shoulders, you turn that part while keeping the rest of your body still.
She twisted her head sideways and looked towards the door...
她側頭朝門看去。
Susan twisted round in her seat until she could see Graham and Sabrina behind her...
蘇珊在座位上扭來扭去,直到她看見身後的格雷厄姆和薩布麗娜。
If you twist a part of your body such as your ankle or wrist, you injure it by turning it too sharply, or in an unusual direction.
He fell and twisted his ankle...
他摔倒了,扭傷了腳踝。
Rupert Moon is out of today's session with a twisted knee.
魯珀特·穆恩扭傷了膝蓋,無法參加今天的訓練。
If you twist something, you turn it so that it moves around in a circular direction.
She was staring down at her hands, twisting the ring on her finger...
她低頭盯著雙手,轉動手指上的戒指。
She twisted the handle and opened the door…
她轉動門把手開啟了門。
If a road or river twists, it has a lot of sudden changes of direction in it.
The roads twist round hairpin bends...
道路呈U字形蜿蜒曲折。
The lane twists and turns between pleasant but unspectacular cottages.
小徑在令人愜意而又毫不起眼的村舍間迂迴曲折。
If you say that someone has twisted something that you have said, you disapprove of them because they have repeated it in a way that changes its meaning, in order to harm you or benefit themselves.
It's a shame the way that the media can twist your words and misrepresent you...
媒體歪曲他人言論、曲解他人意圖的做法真是可恥。
Even remarks that were quite innocent could be twisted to produce an unintended effect.
即便完全沒有惡意的話都會被歪曲,以達到並非說話人本意的效果。
A twist in something is an unexpected and significant development.
…the twists and turns of economic policy…
經濟政策的一波三折
The battle of the sexes also took a new twist...
兩性之爭也出現了新的變數。
A twist is the shape that something has when it has been twisted.
...bunches of violets in twists of paper...
紙捲包裹的一束束紫羅蘭
A thin twist of smoke curled from the cottage's single chimney.
一縷盤旋的輕煙從農舍唯一的煙囪裡繚繞升起。
The twist is a dance that was popular in the 1960's, in which you twist your body and move your hips in an energetic way.
If something happens by a twist of fate, it happens by chance, and it is strange, interesting, or unfortunate in some way.
By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport...
讓人感到驚奇的是,板球碰巧也是我最喜歡的運動。
In a cruel twist of fate, Ann's husband Bill is also suffering from the disease.
造物弄人,安的丈夫比爾也患上了那種病。
1. an unforeseen development;
2. an interpretation of a text or action;
3. any clever (deceptive) maneuver;
4. the act of rotating rapidly;
5. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;
6. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight
7. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself
8. a jerky pulling movement
9. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
10. social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s;
11. the act of winding or twisting;
12. turning or twisting around (in place);
1. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);
2. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;
3. turn in the opposite direction;
4. form into a spiral shape;
5. form into twists;
6. do the twist
7. twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;
8. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
9. twist suddenly so as to sprain;
curve, bend, bow, crook, twist
這些動詞都含"彎,彎曲"之意。
round the twist
(英,非正式)瘋癲的;發瘋的
twist someone's arm
(非正式)向…施加壓力
twist in the wind
懸著,處於不確定狀態
twist someone around one's little finger
twists and turns
複雜(或曲折)變化
twist (someone's) arm&I{【俚語】}
向某人施加壓力:用或好象用施加壓力的辦法來強迫某人服從
There's an unusual twist to the plot at the end of the book.
在這本書的末尾,情節發生了不尋常的轉折.
Twist the tourniquet tighter.
把止血帶紮緊點.
Twist the handle to the right and the box will open.
向右扭把手,箱子就能開啟.
Pull the wire tight and then twist the ends round.
把金屬線拉緊,然後把兩頭捻緊.
Twist a length of rope from strands of hemp.
用幾股麻搓成了一段繩子.
vt. 扭轉;扭彎;旋轉
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