distort

v.曲解;v.扭曲

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
distort (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to twist out of the true meaning or proportion - distorted the facts
2.
to twist out of a natural, normal, or original shape or condition - a face distorted by pain , also to cause to be perceived unnaturally - the new lights distorted colors
3.
intransitive verb
- pervert distort justice to become - distorted , also to cause a twisting from the true, natural, or normal deform
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
distort (verb)
1.
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
SYNONYMS:
bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
RELATED WORDS:
misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate
NEAR ANTONYMS:
clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher
distort (verb)
2.
to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition
SYNONYMS:
deform, distort, misshape, screw, squinch, torture, warp
RELATED WORDS:
deface, disfigure; wrench, wrest, wring; coil, curl, loop, spiral, twine, wind, wreathe
NEAR ANTONYMS:
straighten, unbend, uncurl
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