0 to (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form:
His face contorted with bitterness and rage.
Figure 3(a) shows that the strata are contorted towards the right, owing to a nearby subsidence.
An intended victim, depending on how it was gripped, was often physically unable to reach the attacker with its mandibles, despite visibly contorting its body in attempts to do so.
The idea is that it should not contort the market-place by having one instrument favoured rather than another.
Today we find ourselves contorting our long tradition of domestic liberty.
It is terrible to watch him, his face contorts with agony when he tries to get up or sit down, and when he tries to walk.
The second half is much wider, much contorted and often zigzagging.
The mine in this stage is completely changed in colour to pale brown, and slightly contorted on the upper epidermis with silken threads.
The mine consists of a corridor that is so strongly contorted that it forms a secondary blotch with brown frass.
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(使)扭曲, (使)歪曲, (使)變形…
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(使)扭曲, (使)歪曲, (使)变形…
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contraer(se), contorsionarse (cuerpo)…
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buruşturma, çarpıtma…
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