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基本釋義

vt.
扭成一束; 搓,捻; 繞,卷; 連結,交結
vi.
被搓揉; 蜿蜒,曲折; 扭曲身體,扭動; 旋轉(zhuǎn),轉(zhuǎn)動
n.
揉搓之物; 絲線; 煙草卷; 旋轉(zhuǎn)

詞性變化

實用例句

Twist the wire to form a circle.

把鐵絲彎成一個環(huán)。

牛津詞典

He grabbed me and twisted my arm behind my back.

他抓住我,把我的胳膊扭到背后。

牛津詞典

Her face twisted in anger.

她氣得臉都變形了。

牛津詞典

He twisted his head around to look at her.

他扭過頭去看她。

牛津詞典

She twisted in her chair when I called her name.

我喚她的名字時,她坐在座椅上轉(zhuǎn)過身來。

牛津詞典

I twisted and turned to avoid being caught.

我左躲右閃免得被捉住。

牛津詞典

She tried unsuccessfully to twist free.

她試圖掙脫身子,但無濟于事。

牛津詞典

He managed to twist himself round in the restricted space.

他設法在有限的空間內(nèi)轉(zhuǎn)過身來。

牛津詞典

Twist the knob to the left to open the door.

向左轉(zhuǎn)動手柄把門打開。

牛津詞典

Nervously I twisted the ring on my finger.

我緊張地轉(zhuǎn)動著手指上的戒指。

牛津詞典

Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried...

她雙手開始捻弄手提包的拎帶。

Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand...

用另外一只手小心地把細繩纏繞到第二根莖上。

He twisted her arms behind her back and clipped a pair of handcuffs on her wrists...

他把她的胳膊扭到背后,在她手腕上拷上一副手銬。

Sophia's face twisted in pain...

索菲婭疼得臉都扭曲了。

She twisted her head sideways and looked towards the door...

她側頭朝門看去。

Susan twisted round in her seat until she could see Graham and Sabrina behind her...

蘇珊在座位上扭來扭去,直到她看見身后的格雷厄姆和薩布麗娜。

He fell and twisted his ankle...

他摔倒了,扭傷了腳踝。

Rupert Moon is out of today's session with a twisted knee.

魯珀特·穆恩扭傷了膝蓋,無法參加今天的訓練。

She was staring down at her hands, twisting the ring on her finger...

她低頭盯著雙手,轉(zhuǎn)動手指上的戒指。

She twisted the handle and opened the door…

她轉(zhuǎn)動門把手打開了門。

The roads twist round hairpin bends...

道路呈U字形蜿蜒曲折。

The lane twists and turns between pleasant but unspectacular cottages.

小徑在令人愜意而又毫不起眼的村舍間迂回曲折。

It's a shame the way that the media can twist your words and misrepresent you...

媒體歪曲他人言論、曲解他人意圖的做法真是可恥。

Even remarks that were quite innocent could be twisted to produce an unintended effect.

即便完全沒有惡意的話都會被歪曲,以達到并非說話人本意的效果。

…the twists and turns of economic policy…

經(jīng)濟政策的一波三折

The battle of the sexes also took a new twist...

兩性之爭也出現(xiàn)了新的變數(shù)。

...bunches of violets in twists of paper...

紙卷包裹的一束束紫羅蘭

A thin twist of smoke curled from the cottage's single chimney.

一縷盤旋的輕煙從農(nóng)舍唯一的煙囪里繚繞升起。

By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport...

讓人感到驚奇的是,板球碰巧也是我最喜歡的運動。

In a cruel twist of fate, Ann's husband Bill is also suffering from the disease.

造物弄人,安的丈夫比爾也患上了那種病。

真題例句

That could turn out to be the cruellest of all the twists to the Obama effect.

出自-2010年6月閱讀原文

Sure I did, but I think they twisted the meaning of what he said.

出自-2013年6月聽力原文

In a further twist, birth rate is highest in poorly educated rural areas and lowest in highly educated urban areas.

2017年高考英語江蘇卷 任務型閱讀 原文

Nicholas Nickleby, his next novel, combines the darkness of Oliver Twist with the sunlight of Pickwick.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

In Oliver Twist, e traces an orphan’s progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.

出自-2017年考研閱讀原文

In Oliver Twist, he traces an orphan's progress from the workhouse to the criminal slums of London.

2017年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. an unforeseen development;

    "events suddenly took an awkward turn"

  • 2. an interpretation of a text or action;

    "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

  • 3. any clever (deceptive) maneuver;

    "he would stoop to any device to win a point"

  • 4. the act of rotating rapidly;

    "he gave the crank a spin"

    "it broke off after much twisting"

  • 5. a sharp strain on muscles or ligaments;

    "the wrench to his knee occurred as he fell"

    "he was sidelined with a hamstring pull"

  • 6. a sharp bend in a line produced when a line having a loop is pulled tight

  • 7. a miniature whirlpool or whirlwind resulting when the current of a fluid doubles back on itself

  • 8. a jerky pulling movement

  • 9. a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair

  • 10. 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"

  • 11. the act of winding or twisting;

    "he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind"

  • 12. turning or twisting around (in place);

    "with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room"

Verb
  • 1. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling);

    "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"

    "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

  • 2. cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form;

    "bend the rod"

    "twist the dough into a braid"

    "the strong man could turn an iron bar"

  • 3. turn in the opposite direction;

    "twist a wire"

  • 4. form into a spiral shape;

    "The cord is all twisted"

  • 5. form into twists;

    "Twist the bacon around the sausage"

  • 6. do the twist

  • 7. twist or pull violently or suddenly, especially so as to remove (something) from that to which it is attached or from where it originates;

    "wrench a window off its hinges"

    "wrench oneself free from somebody's grip"

    "a deep sigh was wrenched from his chest"

  • 8. practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive

  • 9. twist suddenly so as to sprain;

    "wrench one's ankle"

    "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"

    "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"

    "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"

同義詞辨析

curve, bend, bow, crook, twist

這些動詞都含"彎,彎曲"之意。

  • curve: 指變成曲線或弧線狀的動作或狀態(tài)。
  • bend: 普通用詞,指把某物變成曲線或角形。用于人時,指頭部或身軀彎下。
  • bow: 指把頭部或上身彎向前方的動作,也指社交中的禮節(jié)性動作。
  • crook: 指不規(guī)則的彎曲,也指按照規(guī)則或模型彎曲某物。
  • twist: 指通過轉(zhuǎn)動、擰或扭使某物成彎曲狀。

同義詞

vt.扭轉(zhuǎn);扭彎;旋轉(zhuǎn)

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