twist是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to turn something, especially repeatedly, or to turn or wrap one thing around another -- 轉動，旋轉；纏繞，盤繞

  • The path twists and turns for over a mile. 這條小路彎彎曲曲，長達一英里多。

  • She sat there nervously twisting the ring around on her finger. 她緊張地坐在那裡，不停轉著手指上的戒指。

  • She twisted her head (round) so she could see what was happening. 她扭過頭來，想看看發生了甚麼事。

  • Twist the rope tightly round that post over there. 把繩子緊緊纏在那根柱子上。

  • She slipped on the ice and twisted her knee. 她在冰上滑了一跤，結果扭傷了膝蓋。

• 1 to change information so that it gives the message you want it to give, especially in a way that is dishonest -- 曲解，歪曲

  • This report shows how she twisted the truth to claim successes where none, in fact, existed. 這份報告表明她扭曲事實，她所宣稱的那些成就其實根本不存在。

  • You're twisting my words - that's not what I said at all. 你在扭曲我的話——我根本不是那樣說的。

• 2 an act of twisting something -- 扭動，轉動

  • She gave the cap another twist to make sure it was tight. 她又扭了一下蓋子，以確保蓋緊。

  • an Elvis-style twist of the hips 貓王艾維斯式的臀部扭動

  • a twist of hair 麻花辮

  • a twist of lemon 螺旋檸檬皮

  • a path with many twists and turns 蜿蜒曲折的小路

• 3 a change in the way in which something happens -- 變化；轉折；改變

  • The story took a surprise twist today with media reports that the doctor had resigned. 媒體報道該醫生已經辭職，使事情在今天有了驚人的轉折。

  • The incident was the latest twist in the continuing saga of fraud and high scandal in banks and stock brokerages. 此事件是銀行和股票經紀公司持續不斷的詐騙和高層醜聞的最新發展。

  • But for a cruel twist of fate/fortune, he could now be running his own business. 要不是時運不濟，他現在可能正在經營自己的公司了。

  • There's an unexpected twist in/to the plot towards the end of the film. 電影結尾部分的情節出人意料。

  • the twists and turns of fate 命運的曲折變化

  • It has proved very difficult to unravel the twists and turns and contradictions of the evidence. 事實已經證明，要理清複雜且矛盾叢生的證據的確不容易。

• 4 a dance in which people stay in one place and twist their bodies from side to side to music -- 扭擺舞