contortions

[美]/kən'tɔːʃən/
[英]/kənˈtɔrʃən/
词频: 极高

释义

n. 扭曲,弄歪;歪曲

例句

The contortionist twisted her body into unbelievable shapes.

那位变形艺人把她的身体扭成令人难以置信的形状。

He performed impressive contortions to entertain the audience.

他表演了令人印象深刻的扭曲动作来取悦观众。

Yoga involves a lot of stretching and contortion.

瑜伽涉及许多拉伸和扭曲动作。

The contortion of his face showed his discomfort.

他脸上的扭曲表情显示了他的不适。

She used contortion as a form of expression in her dance routine.

她在舞蹈中使用扭曲作为一种表达形式。

The contortion of truth in his story made it hard to believe.

他故事中的事实扭曲使人难以相信。

Contortion is a common skill among circus performers.

扭曲是马戏团演员中常见的技能。

The contortion of logic in her argument made it difficult to follow.

她论点中的逻辑扭曲使人难以理解。

Contortion requires flexibility and strength.

扭曲需要灵活性和力量。

原声例句

" Leave me, " said the matador, his broad good-looking face wrinkled into a contortion that was like crying.

" 离开我," 剑刺手说。那张英俊开朗的脸紧蹙起来,那样子象是在哭泣。

来源: Selected Short Stories of Hemingway

Attend one, and you will encounter his revelatory vision--and, indivisibly, his misogyny, which courses through his sexualised contortions of female bodies.

去参加一个活动吧,你会看到他具有启发性的想象力--以及与他不可分割的厌女症,这贯穿于他对女性身体的性别化扭曲之中。

来源: The Economist (Summary)

There are certain facial contortions that, I do Stewie and this happens, I do Peter and this happens.

有一些面部扭曲,我做 Stewie 时会发生这种情况,我做 Peter 时会发生这种情况。

来源: GQ — Representative Roles of Celebrities

He evidently belonged to the strolling company, and was amusing the crowd with hideous grimaces and contortions.

他显然属于这群闲逛的人,正在用丑陋的鬼脸和扭曲的动作逗人群。

来源: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Like? - Wound's on the right side of his head. And? - Van Coon was left-handed. Requires quite a bit of contortion.

比如?-致命伤口在头部右侧。然后呢?-范孔是左撇子。身体得扭曲成啥样才能自杀。

来源: Sherlock Original Soundtrack (Season 1)

You may be rolling your eyes, but these segments just prove how flexible we are to make the linguistic contortions that shape up our puns.

你或许会翻白眼,但是这些证明了我们的语言是如此的灵活,可以组合出这么多的双关。

来源: CNN 10 Student English November 2017 Collection

Few animals were observed on the route; even the monkeys hurried from their path with contortions and grimaces which convulsed Passepartout with laughter.

他认为碰到这些人总是一件倒霉的事。在这一天当中,沿途很少看到野兽,偶尔有几只猢狲一边溜着,一边挤眉弄眼作出各种怪相。这使路路通非常开心。

来源: Around the World in Eighty Days

She had shut her eyes, and was twisting her face in strange convulsive contortions, her hands hanging stiffly clenched at her sides.

她闭上了眼睛,脸以一种奇怪的痉挛状扭曲着,双手僵硬地垂在身体两侧。

来源: The Little Princess (Original Version)

So now when I see those, I think, wow, they - the amount of contortion it took me to achieve that.

所以现在当我看到这些时,我想,哇,它们——我为了实现这一目标付出了多少努力。

来源: Fresh air

But what about the scene when you first get put into like the purple body, you're in front of your father and you do this weird contortion.

但是你在你爸爸面前第一次穿着一身紫做着各种奇怪的动作的时候的场景是怎么样的?

来源: Idol speaks English fluently.

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