亚洲网紅露点

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distort

[ dih-stawrt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to twist awry or out of shape; make crooked or deformed:

    Arthritis had distorted his fingers.

  2. to give a false, perverted, or disproportionate meaning to; misrepresent:

    to distort the facts.

    Synonyms: , , , ,

  3. Electronics. to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately by changing the frequencies or unequally changing the delay or amplitude of the components of the output wave.


distort

/ 诲瑟藞蝉迟蓴藧迟 /

verb

  1. often passive to twist or pull out of shape; make bent or misshapen; contort; deform
  2. to alter or misrepresent (facts, motives, etc)
  3. electronics to reproduce or amplify (a signal) inaccurately, changing the shape of the waveform
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 诲颈蝉藞迟辞谤迟别诲濒测, adverb
  • 诲颈蝉藞迟辞谤迟别诲, adjective
  • 诲颈蝉藞迟辞谤迟别诲ness, noun
  • 诲颈蝉藞迟辞谤迟别谤, noun
  • 诲颈蝉藞迟辞谤迟颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 诲颈蝉路迟辞谤迟顎侥谤 noun
  • 诲颈蝉路迟辞谤顎僼颈惫别 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卍颈蝉路迟辞谤迟顎僫苍驳 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卍颈蝉路迟辞谤迟顎僫苍驳路ly adverb
  • non顎吇寰辈趼烦俅前僼颈惫别 adjective
  • 辞顎卾别谤路诲颈蝉路迟辞谤迟顎 verb (used with object)
  • 耻苍顎卍颈蝉路迟辞谤迟顎僫苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of distort1

1580鈥90; from Latin distortus (past participle of 诲颈蝉迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 鈥渢o distort鈥), equivalent to dis- dis- 1 + tor(qu)- (stem of 迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 鈥渢o twist鈥) + -tus past participle suffix
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of distort1

C16: from Latin distortus misshapen, from 诲颈蝉迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 to turn different ways, from dis- 1+ 迟辞谤辩耻脓谤别 to twist
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A distorted jet stream pattern early next week that means temperatures will rise.

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With psychedelics, this 鈥渄esynchronization鈥 in the brain that increases randomness may be related to the distorted sense of time and space and changes in perspective that are experienced during a trip.

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It's the male version of the "Mar-a-Lago" face, where right-wing people distort their looks to exaggerate gender to the point of grotesquerie.

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To justify their actions, the Trump administration is distorting the meaning of 鈥減ro bono,鈥 which traditionally translates as 鈥渇or the good of the public,鈥 to instead mean 鈥渇or the good of President Trump鈥檚 interests.鈥

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Premier League parachute payments have often been accused of distorting competition in the Championship.

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