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VERB
扭;擰;搓;捻
If you twist something, you turn it to make a spiral shape, for example by turning the two ends of it in opposite directions.
例句
Her hands began to twist the handles of the bag she carried...
她雙手開始捻弄手提包的拎帶。
Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand...
用另外一只手小心地把細繩纏繞到第二根莖上。
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V-ERG
(使)(尤指身體部位)彎曲變形;(使)扭曲
If you twist something, especially a part of your body, or if it twists, it moves into an unusual, uncomfortable, or bent position, for example because of being hit or pushed, or because you are upset.
例句
He twisted her arms behind her back and clipped a pair of handcuffs on her wrists...
他把她的胳膊扭到背后，在她手腕上拷上一副手銬。
Sophia's face twisted in pain...
索菲婭疼得臉都扭曲了。
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VERB
扭動，轉動(身體部位)
If you twist part of your body such as your head or your shoulders, you turn that part while keeping the rest of your body still.
例句
She twisted her head sideways and looked towards the door...
她側頭朝門看去。
Susan twisted round in her seat until she could see Graham and Sabrina behind her...
蘇珊在座位上扭來扭去，直到她看見身后的格雷厄姆和薩布麗娜。
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VERB
扭傷(腳踝、手腕等)
If you twist a part of your body such as your ankle or wrist, you injure it by turning it too sharply, or in an unusual direction.
例句
He fell and twisted his ankle...
他摔倒了，扭傷了腳踝。
Rupert Moon is out of today's session with a twisted knee.
魯珀特·穆恩扭傷了膝蓋，無法參加今天的訓練。
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VERB
(用手)旋動，擰轉
If you twist something, you turn it so that it moves around in a circular direction.
例句
She was staring down at her hands, twisting the ring on her finger...
她低頭盯著雙手，轉動手指上的戒指。
She twisted the handle and opened the door…
她轉動門把手打開了門。
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VERB
(道路、河流等)盤旋，蜿蜒
If a road or river twists, it has a lot of sudden changes of direction in it.
例句
The roads twist round hairpin bends...
道路呈U字形蜿蜒曲折。
The lane twists and turns between pleasant but unspectacular cottages.
小徑在令人愜意而又毫不起眼的村舍間迂回曲折。
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VERB
歪曲;曲解
If you say that someone has twisted something that you have said, you disapprove of them because they have repeated it in a way that changes its meaning, in order to harm you or benefit themselves.
例句
It's a shame the way that the media can twist your words and misrepresent you...
媒體歪曲他人言論、曲解他人意圖的做法真是可恥。
Even remarks that were quite innocent could be twisted to produce an unintended effect.
即便完全沒有惡意的話都會被歪曲，以達到并非說話人本意的效果。
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N-COUNT
意外轉折;重大轉機
A twist in something is an unexpected and significant development.
例句
…the twists and turns of economic policy…
經濟政策的一波三折
The battle of the sexes also took a new twist...
兩性之爭也出現了新的變數。
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N-COUNT
螺旋形;卷曲;盤曲
A twist is the shape that something has when it has been twisted.
例句
...bunches of violets in twists of paper...
紙卷包裹的一束束紫羅蘭
A thin twist of smoke curled from the cottage's single chimney.
一縷盤旋的輕煙從農舍唯一的煙囪里繚繞升起。
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N-SING
(20世紀60年代風行的)扭擺舞
The twist is a dance that was popular in the 1960's, in which you twist your body and move your hips in an energetic way.
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PHRASE
機緣巧合;造物弄人
If something happens by a twist of fate, it happens by chance, and it is strange, interesting, or unfortunate in some way.
例句
By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport...
讓人感到驚奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜歡的運動。
In a cruel twist of fate, Ann's husband Bill is also suffering from the disease.
造物弄人，安的丈夫比爾也患上了那種病。