| 单词 | twists and turns |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwists and turns 20. A turning aside, a deviation; also figurative a change of circumstances, vicissitude; in quot. 18841, the twisting flight of a snipe; also, a point or place at which a road alters its direction; a bend, turn (also figurative); often in phrase twists and turns, intricate windings, ins and outs. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > [noun] > (a) deviation from straight course blenching1398 turna1400 misdrawing?a1425 swerving1545 digression1552 sklenting1568 excursion1603 diverting1611 diversion1626 deflection1646 deflexure1656 prevarication1672 deviation1675 evagation1692 departurea1694 swerve1736 twist1798 out-throw1855 throw1858 turnaway1922 the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > vicissitude > vicissitudes light and shade1733 up and down1775 twists and turns1853 Snakes and Ladders1930 the world > space > relative position > intertwining or interweaving > [noun] interlacing1532 twisting1552 wrapping1553 wreathing1553 interweaving1578 interlacement1603 contexture1649 intertexture1649 entwinementa1670 pleach1670 entwining1674 implexion1678 intertwisting1753 intertwine1817 intertwining1832 interramificationa1839 intertwinement1840 inweavement1842 interweavement1843 intertwist1870 twists and turns1884 interlace1904 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 6 Anxiously did she..form to every fantastic twist of fashion, Miss Arden's rich profusion of auburn hair. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 107 A hot sun..to look in upon me all day..at every twist of the road. 1853 W. Jerdan Autobiogr. IV. xvii. 330 After all his twists and turns of fortune. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 33 When men have learned to take a pleasure and pride in the twists and turns of the law. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 19 Dec. 6/2 Before the snipe got into his twist..the single-barrel seemed to drop the shot with certainty. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket v. ii. 199 He knows the twists and turnings of the place. 1897 G. Allen Type-writer Girl v After various intricate twists and turns,..I found myself at last by the side of a pond. < as lemmas |
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