Twist

(noun.) turning or twisting around (in place); 'with a quick twist of his head he surveyed the room'.

(noun.) social dancing in which couples vigorously twist their hips and arms in time to the music; was popular in the 1960s; 'they liked to dance the twist'.

(noun.) a jerky pulling movement.

(verb.) twist suddenly so as to sprain; 'wrench one's ankle'; 'The wrestler twisted his shoulder'; 'the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell'; 'I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days'.

(verb.) form into twists; 'Twist the strips of dough'.

(verb.) practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; 'Don't twist my words'.

(verb.) turn in the opposite direction; 'twist one's head'.

(verb.) form into a spiral shape; 'The cord is all twisted'.

(verb.) do the twist.

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• A council was held; lots were cast who should walk up to the master after supper that evening, and ask for more; and it fell to Oliver Twist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• He has a twist of the gout now and then and walks a little stiffly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• It was this that gave his yarn the name of water-twist. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• The history of the last half century is not to be understood without an understanding of the mental twist which this story exemplifies. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I twisted round on the sand and looked behind me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• All the bridges over these had been destroyed, and the rails taken up and twisted by the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The lawyers have twisted it into such a state of bedevilment that the original merits of the case have long disappeared from the face of the earth. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She bustled, she chattered, she turned and twisted, and smiled upon one, and smirked on another, all in full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The fourth side was the house, a quaint, low-roofed, old-fashioned place, with deep diamond-paned lattices, and stacks of curiously-twisted chimneys. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• When the proper fineness had been obtained in this way, the cotton, as it passed from the second pair of rollers, was twisted into a firm strong thread by spindles attached to the frame. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Gerald went past the dark shops and houses, most of them sleeping now, and twisted round to the little blind road that ended on a field of darkness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I have had Miss Wade before me all this time, as if it was my own self grown ripe--turning everything the wrong way, and twisting all good into evil. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• One workman is seen cutting a long strand from a hide which he turns round as he cuts, while another man walks backward with this, twisting it as he goes. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• After some twisting and turning of the key, the heavy lock yielded, and he opened the door. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But she sat on in silence, her soul weeping, throbbing violently, her fingers twisting her handkerchief. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But the stronger the current through the coil, the stronger will be the force tending to rotate the coil, and hence the less effective will be the hindrance of the twisting string. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• This is greatly increased by twisting the fibers together, and is added to by the toughness of the fibers themselves, the whole giving to rope a great resisting power. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• She writhes and twists about like a snake. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Immediately afterwards, he twists him into a public-house and into a parlour, where he confronts him and claps his own back against the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• His study of the problem brought him to the development of the modern substation, although the twists that later evolutions have given the idea have left it scarcely recognizable. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Wherever there's a pretty woman he always twists himself in. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The former twists several strands into a rope, the latter several ropes into a cable. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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