| 单词 | twist |
| 释义 | twist (once / 179 pages) 1vn 2nv 3v 4n 5n When you twist something, you turn it in a different direction. You might twist off a bottle cap, or you might even twist the plot of a story you are writing. A kite's tail twists in the wind, curling around itself, and a baker twists a piece of dough into a pretzel shape. You can also twist out of someone's grasp (to escape your godmother's cheek pinching), or twist your ankle hurrying away. As a noun, twist means a bent and curved shape, like the twist of a curl or a twist of soft serve ice cream. In a book or movie plot, a twist is a shocking development. WORD FAMILYtwist: twisted, twister, twisting, twists, untwist+/twisted: twistedest, twistedly/twister: supertwister, twisters/twisting: twistingly, twistings/untwist: untwisted, untwisting, untwists USAGE EXAMPLESBut just like in any good TV script, a twist was in store. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) “I think we created something new, something of a twist on horror movies on the independent scale that we haven’t seen yet.” Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) There will doubtless be new twists on the fitness tracker too. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form twist the dough into a braid Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper bend, deform, flex, turn unbend free from flexure dent, indent make a depression into incurvatecause to curve inward gnarltwist into a state of deformity crankbend into the shape of a crank convolute, convolvecurl, wind, or twist together change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 2v form into twists Twist the strips of dough Hyper form, shape give shape or form to 3v twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates Syn|Hyper wrench pull apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion 4v to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling) Syn|Hypo|Hyper squirm, worm, wrestle, wriggle, writhe wrench make a sudden twisting motion move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 5v extend in curves and turns the path twisted through the forest Syn|Hypo|Hyper curve, wind circumvolute wind or turn in volutions, especially in an inward spiral, as of snail spiralform a spiral snakeform a snake-like pattern be have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) 6v form into a spiral shape The cord is all twisted Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper distort, twine untwist cause to become untwisted wrench, wring twist and compress, as if in pain or anguish contort, deform, distort, wringtwist and press out of shape entangle, mat, snarl, tangletwist together or entwine into a confusing mass enlace, entwine, interlace, intertwine, lace, twinespin,wind, or twist together spinwork natural fibers into a thread interweave, weaveinterlace by or as if by weaving morphchange shape as via computer animation plaitweave into plaits feltmat together and make felt-like enmesh, ensnarl, meshentangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh wind, wreatheform into a wreath wattleinterlace to form wattle inweaveweave together into a fabric or design raddle, ruddletwist or braid together, interlace plash, pleachinterlace the shoots of shootvariegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors tinselinterweave with tinsel braid, pleachform or weave into a braid or braids knot, ravel, tangletangle or complicate splicejoin by interweaving strands change form, change shape, deform assume a different shape or form 7v turn in the opposite direction twist one's head Hypo|Hyper crick twist (a body part) into a strained position quirktwist or curve abruptly curl, wavetwist or roll into coils or ringlets crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink upcurl tightly turn change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense 8v twist suddenly so as to sprain The wrestler twisted his shoulder Syn|Hyper rick, sprain, turn, wrench, wrick injure, wound cause injuries or bodily harm to 9n the act of winding or twisting Syn|Hyper wind, winding rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 10n turning or twisting around (in place) with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room Syn|Hypo|Hyper turn twiddle a series of small (usually idle) twists or turns rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 11n a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight Syn|Hyper kink, twirl bend, crease, crimp, flexure, fold, plication an angular or rounded shape made by folding 12n a circular segment of a curve Syn|Hypo|Hyper bend, crook, turn bight a bend or curve (especially in a coastline) curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 13n the act of rotating rapidly Syn|Hypo|Hyper spin, twirl, twisting, whirl pirouette (ballet) a rapid spin of the body (especially on the toes as in ballet) birling, logrollingrotating a log rapidly in the water (as a competitive sport) rotary motion, rotation the act of rotating as if on an axis 14n a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself Syn|Hyper eddy current, stream a steady flow of a fluid (usually from natural causes) 15n a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments Syn|Hypo|Hyper pull, wrench sprain a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments harm, hurt, injury, trauma any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. 16n a jerky pulling movement Syn|Hyper wrench motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 17n a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper braid, plait, tress queue a braid of hair at the back of the head pigtaila plait of braided hair coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) 1n social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s they liked to dance the twist Hyper social dancing dancing as part of a social occasion 2v do the twist 3Hyper dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance v practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive 4Don't twist my words Syn|Hyper convolute, pervert, sophisticate, twist around denote, refer have as a meaning n an unforeseen development 5Syn|Hyper turn, turn of events development a recent event that has some relevance for the present situation 1n an interpretation of a text or action Syn|Hyper construction interpretation an explanation that results from interpreting something 2n any clever maneuver Syn|Hypo|Hyper device, gimmick mnemonic a device (such as a rhyme or acronym) used to aid recall fast one, tricka cunning or deceitful action or device schtick, schtik, shtick, shtik(Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical maneuver, tactical manoeuvre a move made to gain a tactical end |
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