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contortion 音标拼音: [kənt'ɔrʃən] n. 扭弯,扭歪,曲解 扭弯,扭歪,曲解 contortion n 1: the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something ( e. g., yourself) [ synonym: { contortion}, { deformation}] 2: a tortuous and twisted shape or position; " they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; " the acrobat performed incredible contortions" [ synonym: { tortuosity}, { tortuousness}, { torsion}, { contortion}, { crookedness}] Contortion \ Con* tor" tion\ ( k[ o^] n* t[^ o]" sh[ u^] n), n. [ L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion. See { Contort}, and cf. { Torsion}.] A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. -- Swift. [ 1913 Webster] All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " contortion": anamorphism, anamorphosis, asymmetry, buckle, crookedness, detorsion, deviation, disproportion, distortion, gnarl, imbalance, irregularity, knot, lopsidedness, quirk, screw, torsion, tortuosity, turn, twist, unsymmetry, warp, wrench, wrest, wring
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