contortions

英 [kənˈtɔːʃənz]

美 [kənˈtɔrʃənz]

n.  (脸部或躯体的)扭曲，变形，走样; 扭曲的动作(或姿势)
contortion的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (躯体、面部等的)扭弯，扭曲，变形
  Contortionsare movements of your body or face into unusual shapes or positions.
  1. I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
     我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。

双语例句

• The acrobat went through various contortions.
  卖艺人把身体作出各种扭歪的姿态。
• But it is a compelling example of the diplomatic contortions the Treasury Department must undergo to keep its biggest customer happy.
  但是，这次引人注目的事件是财政部为了使他最大的客户开心而必须做的外交妥协。
• He tried to guess how the strata behaved at the time the contortions formed.
  他试图推断地层在扭曲形成时是如何变化的。
• I had to admire the contortions of the gymnasts.
  我不得不为这些体操运动员们高难度的扭体动作而赞叹。
• For a slice, you might use the itertools. islice() function, wrapped up in contortions.
  对于切片，可以按照特殊方式使用itertools.islice（）函数。
• Despite these contortions, the ICC still has popular support in Kenya.
  尽管有这些曲解，icc在肯尼亚还是拥有广泛支持。
• With enough contortions, you can get an item for every type of sequence/ iterator.
  对于每种序列/迭代器类型，只要费一番功夫，总能够获得其中的特定条目。
• Ben Gunn was on deck alone, and, as soon as we came on board, he began, with wonderful contortions, to make us a confession.
  甲板上只有本-刚恩一个人。我们刚上船，他便愁容满面地向我们忏悔。
• He apparently believes his own contortions of the truth.
  他显然相信自己对事实的理解。
• The@ arg_sayer() example goes through a lot of contortions to obtain a rather limited result, but it is worthwhile for the several things it illustrates
  @argsayer（）绕了很多弯路，但只获得非常有限的结果，不过对于它所阐明的几方面来说，这是值得的