单词 | warp |
释义 | warp v. & n. --v   1. tr. & intr. a make or become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. by the action of heat, damp, etc. b make or become perverted, bitter, or strange (a warped sense of humour).   2. a tr. haul (a ship) by a rope attached to a fixed point. b intr. progress in this way.   3. tr. fertilize by flooding with warp.   4. tr. (foll. by up) choke (a channel) with an alluvial deposit etc.   5. tr. arrange (threads) as a warp. --n   1. a a state of being warped, esp. of shrunken or expanded timber. b perversion, bitterness, etc. of the mind or character.   2. the threads stretched lengthwise in a loom to be crossed by the weft.   3. a rope used in towing or warping, or attached to a trawl-net.   4. sediment etc. left esp. on poor land by standing water. Derivatives warpage n. (esp. in sense 1a of v.). warper n. (in sense 5 of v.). Etymology: OE weorpan throw, wearp f. Gmc |
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