contortion
noun [ C or U ] uk/kənˈtɔː.ʃən/ us/kənˈtɔːr.ʃən/
扭曲;扭曲状
the action of twisting or bending violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form, or the shape or form into which something is twisted or bent
facial/bodily contortions 面部/身体扭曲
The app allows you to stretch pictures of your face into weird contortions. 这款应用程序允许你将脸部的照片拉伸成奇怪的扭曲样子。
She performs impressive contortions to get rid of her body hair. 她为了清除体毛把身体扭成令人惊叹的样子。
See: contort
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- He went on twisting his body into strange contortions.
- Her rage provoked some ugly facial contortions.
- The song unleashed a remarkable series of vocal contortions.
- I cannot go through the mental contortions necessary to convince myself that all scientists are stupid.
- This judge cares about the intellectual contortions that sometimes make up legal argument.