Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
由于營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良他們的軀體都變了形。
牛津詞典
(figurative)We had to go through all the usual contortions to get a ticket (= a difficult series of actions) .
我們照例得費(fèi)盡心機(jī)才能弄到一張票。
牛津詞典
His facial contortions amused the audience of schoolchildren.
他扮鬼臉逗得小學(xué)生觀眾都笑起來了。
牛津詞典
I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
我不得不為這些體操運(yùn)動(dòng)員們高難度的扭體動(dòng)作而贊嘆。
The incidents of sexual violence laid bare the horrible contortion of human nature inflicted by war.
性暴力事件揭示了戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)對(duì)人性的極端扭曲.
期刊摘選
Also yoga is very similar to contortion.
而且瑜珈和柔術(shù)是很相似的.
期刊摘選
Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
由于營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良他們的軀體都變了形。
《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》
"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"
"the acrobat performed incredible contortions"