Definition of contort in English:

contort

verb kənˈtɔːtkənˈtɔrt

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.
（使）歪曲，（使）扭曲
with object a spasm of pain contorted his face
一阵疼痛扭歪了他的脸。
no object her face contorted with anger
她的脸因生气而扭曲了。
figurative a contorted version of the truth
〈喻〉对真理的歪曲。
Example sentencesExamples
- Rick snapped, his features contorting in anger.
- His little face would contort in pain every time he coughed or sneezed, and he was suffering quite badly.
- She is tremendously emotive, contorting her facial features into the ugliest conceivable shapes.
- Reed Richards acquires the power to contort into any shape he pleases.
- There was such a look of abject pain contorting her delicate features that he suddenly felt like an absolute scoundrel.
- Her face contorts in pain as she moves but she remains in her restless sleep.
- He twists and contorts the impossible and the plausible, having his characters do impossible things that make absolute sense.
- Her face contorted with the pain but she wrenched harder, thinking of her freedom.
- Athletes contort and bend in unnatural positions.
- Zack's face contorts in barely controlled anger.
- He looked at me for a moment, his face contorted with pain, and reached out to touch my cheek.
- Her face was contorted, twisted almost beyond recognition in agony.
- It twists their faces and contorts their features.
- His face was contorted with pain and the source did not seem to be his injury alone.
- He then proceeded to twist and contort his features into a splendidly ugly mask of itself.
- Because the body is often contorted into new shapes, training is a particularly associated with picking up injuries.
- They never did make any sense and were often contorted versions of a day at the orphanage.
- His face contorts in pain, and his right arm clutches his heart.
- Her face contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post.
- I reached Rob, and he was still face down, contorting his limbs but making no move to get up.
Synonyms
twist, screw up, distort
rare quirk
twist, wrench/bend out of shape, misshape, warp, buckle, deform
North American pretzel

Derivatives

contortion

noun kənˈtɔːʃ(ə)n

1A twisted or bent condition, state, or form.
their facial contortions are hilarious
1. 1.1 A thing that is complex and difficult to follow as a result of being deliberately distorted.
Example sentencesExamples
- But again, this leads him into some strange contortions.
- I've known yoga instructors who couldn't put themselves through these kind of contortions.
- His ideological contortions have twisted his internationalism beyond all recognition.
- officials performed linguistic contortions trying to avoid a definitive answer
- she has been performing contortion internationally for twelve years
2mass noun The skill of twisting and bending one's body into strange and unnatural positions, as a form of entertainment

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin contort- 'twisted round, brandished', from the verb contorquere, from con- 'together' + torquere 'twist'.

torch from Middle English:
A torch in the original sense of ‘something soaked in an inflammable substance used to give light’ was often made of twisted hemp or other fibres. This is still the American meaning, and reflects the word's Latin origin, torquere ‘to twist’. Only in British English can torch describe a battery-powered electric lamp, which Americans call a flashlight. A torch song is a sad or sentimental song of unrequited love, whose name, used since the 1920s, comes from the phrase carry a torch for, ‘to love someone who does not love you in return’. The image in pass on the torch, ‘to pass on a tradition, especially one of learning or enlightenment’, is that of the runners in a relay race passing on the torch to each other, as was the custom in the ancient Greek Olympic Games. The Latin source of torch, torquere, is found in a large number of other English words. Most obviously it is the source of the engineer's torque (late 19th century), and the twisted Celtic neck-ring the torc (mid 19th century). Less obviously it is in contort (Late Middle English) ‘twist together’; distort (Late Middle English) ‘twist out of shape’; extort (early 16th century) ‘twist out of’; and retort (Late Middle English) ‘to twist back’ (the chemical apparatus gets its name from its twisted shape). Tortura ‘twisting, torment’ the Latin noun formed from the verb gives us torture and tortuous (both LME), and torment (Middle English). Thwart (Middle English) is an Old Norse word that goes back to the same Indo-European root.

Rhymes

abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought

Definition of contort in US English:

contort

verbkənˈtɔrtkənˈtôrt

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.
（使）歪曲，（使）扭曲
with object a spasm of pain contorted his face
一阵疼痛扭歪了他的脸。
no object her face contorted with anger
她的脸因生气而扭曲了。
figurative a contorted version of the truth
〈喻〉对真理的歪曲。
Example sentencesExamples
- He looked at me for a moment, his face contorted with pain, and reached out to touch my cheek.
- His little face would contort in pain every time he coughed or sneezed, and he was suffering quite badly.
- There was such a look of abject pain contorting her delicate features that he suddenly felt like an absolute scoundrel.
- He twists and contorts the impossible and the plausible, having his characters do impossible things that make absolute sense.
- Her face contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post.
- His face was contorted with pain and the source did not seem to be his injury alone.
- Her face contorted with the pain but she wrenched harder, thinking of her freedom.
- She is tremendously emotive, contorting her facial features into the ugliest conceivable shapes.
- Reed Richards acquires the power to contort into any shape he pleases.
- They never did make any sense and were often contorted versions of a day at the orphanage.
- His face contorts in pain, and his right arm clutches his heart.
- I reached Rob, and he was still face down, contorting his limbs but making no move to get up.
- Her face was contorted, twisted almost beyond recognition in agony.
- Because the body is often contorted into new shapes, training is a particularly associated with picking up injuries.
- Athletes contort and bend in unnatural positions.
- Zack's face contorts in barely controlled anger.
- Rick snapped, his features contorting in anger.
- Her face contorts in pain as she moves but she remains in her restless sleep.
- He then proceeded to twist and contort his features into a splendidly ugly mask of itself.
- It twists their faces and contorts their features.
Synonyms
twist, screw up, distort
twist, bend out of shape, wrench out of shape, misshape, warp, buckle, deform

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin contort- ‘twisted round, brandished’, from the verb contorquere, from con- ‘together’ + torquere ‘twist’.

词汇	contort
释义	Definition of contort in English: contort verb kənˈtɔːtkənˈtɔrt Twist or bend out of the normal shape. （使）歪曲，（使）扭曲 with object a spasm of pain contorted his face 一阵疼痛扭歪了他的脸。 no object her face contorted with anger 她的脸因生气而扭曲了。 figurative a contorted version of the truth 〈喻〉对真理的歪曲。 Example sentencesExamples Rick snapped, his features contorting in anger. His little face would contort in pain every time he coughed or sneezed, and he was suffering quite badly. She is tremendously emotive, contorting her facial features into the ugliest conceivable shapes. Reed Richards acquires the power to contort into any shape he pleases. There was such a look of abject pain contorting her delicate features that he suddenly felt like an absolute scoundrel. Her face contorts in pain as she moves but she remains in her restless sleep. He twists and contorts the impossible and the plausible, having his characters do impossible things that make absolute sense. Her face contorted with the pain but she wrenched harder, thinking of her freedom. Athletes contort and bend in unnatural positions. Zack's face contorts in barely controlled anger. He looked at me for a moment, his face contorted with pain, and reached out to touch my cheek. Her face was contorted, twisted almost beyond recognition in agony. It twists their faces and contorts their features. His face was contorted with pain and the source did not seem to be his injury alone. He then proceeded to twist and contort his features into a splendidly ugly mask of itself. Because the body is often contorted into new shapes, training is a particularly associated with picking up injuries. They never did make any sense and were often contorted versions of a day at the orphanage. His face contorts in pain, and his right arm clutches his heart. Her face contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post. I reached Rob, and he was still face down, contorting his limbs but making no move to get up. Synonyms twist, screw up, distort rare quirk twist, wrench/bend out of shape, misshape, warp, buckle, deform North American pretzel Derivatives contortion noun kənˈtɔːʃ(ə)n 1A twisted or bent condition, state, or form. their facial contortions are hilarious 1.1 A thing that is complex and difficult to follow as a result of being deliberately distorted. Example sentencesExamples But again, this leads him into some strange contortions. I've known yoga instructors who couldn't put themselves through these kind of contortions. His ideological contortions have twisted his internationalism beyond all recognition. officials performed linguistic contortions trying to avoid a definitive answer she has been performing contortion internationally for twelve years 2mass noun The skill of twisting and bending one's body into strange and unnatural positions, as a form of entertainment Origin Late Middle English: from Latin contort- 'twisted round, brandished', from the verb contorquere, from con- 'together' + torquere 'twist'. torch from Middle English: A torch in the original sense of ‘something soaked in an inflammable substance used to give light’ was often made of twisted hemp or other fibres. This is still the American meaning, and reflects the word's Latin origin, torquere ‘to twist’. Only in British English can torch describe a battery-powered electric lamp, which Americans call a flashlight. A torch song is a sad or sentimental song of unrequited love, whose name, used since the 1920s, comes from the phrase carry a torch for, ‘to love someone who does not love you in return’. The image in pass on the torch, ‘to pass on a tradition, especially one of learning or enlightenment’, is that of the runners in a relay race passing on the torch to each other, as was the custom in the ancient Greek Olympic Games. The Latin source of torch, torquere, is found in a large number of other English words. Most obviously it is the source of the engineer's torque (late 19th century), and the twisted Celtic neck-ring the torc (mid 19th century). Less obviously it is in contort (Late Middle English) ‘twist together’; distort (Late Middle English) ‘twist out of shape’; extort (early 16th century) ‘twist out of’; and retort (Late Middle English) ‘to twist back’ (the chemical apparatus gets its name from its twisted shape). Tortura ‘twisting, torment’ the Latin noun formed from the verb gives us torture and tortuous (both LME), and torment (Middle English). Thwart (Middle English) is an Old Norse word that goes back to the same Indo-European root. Rhymes abort, apport, assort, athwart, aught, besought, bethought, bort, bought, brought, caught, cavort, comport, consort, Cort, court, distraught, escort, exhort, export, extort, fort, fought, fraught, import, methought, misreport, mort, naught, nought, Oort, ought, outfought, port, Porte, purport, quart, rort, short, snort, sort, sought, sport, support, swart, taught, taut, thought, thwart, tort, transport, wart, wrought Definition of contort in US English: contort verbkənˈtɔrtkənˈtôrt Twist or bend out of the normal shape. （使）歪曲，（使）扭曲 with object a spasm of pain contorted his face 一阵疼痛扭歪了他的脸。 no object her face contorted with anger 她的脸因生气而扭曲了。 figurative a contorted version of the truth 〈喻〉对真理的歪曲。 Example sentencesExamples He looked at me for a moment, his face contorted with pain, and reached out to touch my cheek. His little face would contort in pain every time he coughed or sneezed, and he was suffering quite badly. There was such a look of abject pain contorting her delicate features that he suddenly felt like an absolute scoundrel. He twists and contorts the impossible and the plausible, having his characters do impossible things that make absolute sense. Her face contorted with pain and shock as if she'd just walked into a lamp post. His face was contorted with pain and the source did not seem to be his injury alone. Her face contorted with the pain but she wrenched harder, thinking of her freedom. She is tremendously emotive, contorting her facial features into the ugliest conceivable shapes. Reed Richards acquires the power to contort into any shape he pleases. They never did make any sense and were often contorted versions of a day at the orphanage. His face contorts in pain, and his right arm clutches his heart. I reached Rob, and he was still face down, contorting his limbs but making no move to get up. Her face was contorted, twisted almost beyond recognition in agony. Because the body is often contorted into new shapes, training is a particularly associated with picking up injuries. Athletes contort and bend in unnatural positions. Zack's face contorts in barely controlled anger. Rick snapped, his features contorting in anger. Her face contorts in pain as she moves but she remains in her restless sleep. He then proceeded to twist and contort his features into a splendidly ugly mask of itself. It twists their faces and contorts their features. Synonyms twist, screw up, distort twist, bend out of shape, wrench out of shape, misshape, warp, buckle, deform Origin Late Middle English: from Latin contort- ‘twisted round, brandished’, from the verb contorquere, from con- ‘together’ + torquere ‘twist’.
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