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distorted
(
adj
.)扭曲的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dis·tort
,
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Distorted
;
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Distorting
.]
1.
To
twist
of
natural
or
regular
shape
;
to
twist
aside
physically
;
as
,
to
distort
the
limbs
,
or
the
body
.
Whose
face
was
distorted
with
pain
.
--
Thackeray
.
2.
To
force
or
put
out
of
the
true
posture
or
direction
;
to
twist
aside
mentally
or
morally
.
Wrath
and
malice
,
envy
and
revenge
,
do
darken
and
distort
the
understandings
of
men
.
--
Tillotson
.
3.
To
wrest
from
the
true
meaning
;
to
pervert
;
as
,
to
distort
passages
of
Scripture
,
or
their
meaning
.
Syn:
--
To
twist
;
wrest
;
deform
;
pervert
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
distorted
adj
1:
strained
or
wrenched
out
of
normal
shape
; "
old
trees
with
contorted
branches
"; "
scorched
and
distorted
fragments
of
steel
"; "
trapped
under
twisted
steel
girders
" [
syn
:
contorted
,
twisted
]
2:
so
badly
formed
or
out
of
shape
as
to
be
ugly
; "
deformed
thalidomide
babies
"; "
his
poor
distorted
limbs
"; "
an
ill-shapen
vase
"; "
a
limp
caused
by
a
malformed
foot
";
"
misshapen
old
fingers
" [
syn
:
deformed
,
ill-shapen
,
malformed
,
misshapen
]
3:
having
an
intended
meaning
altered
or
misrepresented
; "
many
of
the
facts
seemed
twisted
out
of
any
semblance
to
reality
"; "
a
perverted
translation
of
the
poem
" [
syn
:
misrepresented
,
perverted
,
twisted
]
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