twisting

英[twistiŋ]美[twistiŋ]

n.
1.扭转
a.
1.扭转的
vbl.
1.扭转

形容词：twist'y

副　词：twist'ingly

同：	[n.] distortion, overrefinement, spin, twirl [a.] squirming, tortuous, twisty, wiggling

She had a way of stamping she foot and twisting her hands in her pinafore... furious
她吵起架来，有一副特别的样儿:跺脚，双方绞扭着马甲裙……怒不可遏。收藏
The car climbed a twisting stretch of road through solid dogwood
汽车穿过密密匝匝的山茱萸，顺着一条蜿蜒的道路盘旋而上。收藏
To throw (a calf or steer) by seizing its horns and twisting its neck until the animal falls.
抓住(公牛或阉牛的)角,扭它们的脖子直到它们摔倒为止,然后把它们扔出去。收藏
Arm-twisting and the brute use of patronage power were not the secret of the Byrd machine's success
施加压力和粗暴地使用恩主权力，已不是伯德机器取得成功的什么秘密。收藏
The protectorate was so audacious as to provoke its controlling state in a game of twisting the lion's tail.
这个保护国如此大胆，竟敢作冒犯其宗主国的尝试。收藏

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the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
[同] distortion, overrefinement, straining, torture, twisting
the act of rotating rapidly
- he gave the crank a spin
- it broke off after much twisting
[同] spin, twirl, twist, twisting, whirl

having a twisting or snake-like or wormlike motion
- squirming boys
- wiggly worms
- writhing snakes
[同] squirming, twisting, wiggling, wiggly, wriggling, wriggly, writhing
marked by repeated turns and bends
- a tortuous road up the mountain
- winding roads are full of surprises
- had to steer the car down a twisty track
[同] tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, winding

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