• vt. 扭曲；使失真；曲解
• vi. 扭曲；變形

dis-, 加強，完全的。-tort, 彎曲，詞源同turn, contort. 即完全彎曲的，扭曲的。

distort (v.)

1580s, from Latin distortus, past participle of distorquere "to twist different ways, distort," from dis- "completely" + torquere "to twist" (see torque (n.)). Related: Distorted; distorting.

1. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.

畫家可能會對線條和形狀進行夸大或扭曲。

來自柯林斯例句

2. This caused the sound to distort.

這導致了聲音的失真。

來自辭典例句

3. Exaggerated sections distort the shapes of folds as well as bed thickness.

比例放大的剖面歪曲褶皺的形態和巖層厚度.

來自辭典例句

4. Such manipulation can sometimes distort complex waveforms, obscuring identification of events.

這種作法有時會使復雜的波形畸變, 模糊了同相軸的識辨標志.

來自辭典例句

5. The current creates magnetic field that weaken and distort the signal.

電流會產生磁場,從而使信號減弱和失真.

來自辭典例句