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 distortion [dis'tɒ:ʃәn]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 扭曲, 变形, 曲解

[计] 畸变; 失真

[化] 畸变; 变形; 失真; 歪扭

[医] 扭转, 变形, 乖僻


  1. A distortion of shape.
    变形形状的扭曲
  2. A distortion or twist, especially in a piece of wood.
    弯曲歪曲、变形、尤指某一木头
  3. An abnormal, often permanent shortening, as of muscle or scar tissue, that results in distortion or deformity, especially of a joint of the body.
    挛缩一种异常且常为永久性的缩短,如肌肉或瘢痕组织,会导致扭曲或变形,特别是身体关节处


distortion
[ noun ]
  1. a change for the worse

  2. <noun.event>
  3. a shape resulting from distortion

  4. <noun.shape>
  5. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image

  6. <noun.phenomenon>
  7. a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal)

  8. <noun.phenomenon>
    heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion
  9. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean

  10. <noun.act>
  11. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts

  12. <noun.act>


Distortion \Dis*tor"tion\, n. [L. distortio: cf. F. distortion.]
1. The act of distorting, or twisting out of natural or
regular shape; a twisting or writhing motion; as, the
distortions of the face or body.

2. A wresting from the true meaning. --Bp. Wren.

3. The state of being distorted, or twisted out of shape or
out of true position; crookedness; perversion.

4. (Med.) An unnatural deviation of shape or position of any
part of the body producing visible deformity.

  1. A group at the University of Rochester said it was able to conduct pulses of electricity as short as 10 to 15 trillionths of a second without distortion through a sample about one-fifth of an inch long.
  2. Gantt, whose supporters hoped to enshrine him as the first black elected to the Senate from the South since Reconstruction, ran as an unabashed liberal and attacked what he called Helms' lying and distortion.
  3. The patented process avoids the distortion or double-imaging of the picture that the 3-D processes of the 1950s caused for those without special glasses.
  4. In addition, by reducing the size distortion of land areas the Robinson map shows more of the Earth's surface as water.
  5. Absence of religion has led to a "collapse and distortion of history," says O.L. Davis, a professor of education at the University of Texas on the ASCD panel.
  6. He said he was misquoted, misunderstood and a victim of media distortion.
  7. Those who took their clients to Wimbledon did not get it quite right. But even when the event is right and the sponsor has a monopoly, the result, says Lewis, is a distortion.
  8. The scale of the economic misdirection of the late 1980s in property and elsewhere, and the subsequent bad debt write-offs, would indeed suggest a large element of distortion.
  9. Len Koch, chairman of the Incurably Ill for Animal research, said the activists used "lies, distortion and misinformation," to wage a sophisticated campaign that is costing taxpayers millions of dollars.
  10. And if the natural development of his work led him away from abstraction or an extreme formal distortion, it should never be a criticism of an artist to accuse him of not being avant-garde. But our age would seem to require it.
  11. Reagan launched a new campaign on behalf of his Supreme Court nominee, charging a "deliberate campaign of disinformation and distortion" by opponents.
  12. The machine, dubbed the DVR-1, is the first portable VCR that uses digital rather than analog recording, resulting in better picture quality and little picture distortion when copies are made, Sony officials said.
  13. A reading of Judge Bork's voluminous cvil rights record leaves the inescapable conclusion that the partisan campaign against him was one of intentional distortion.
  14. He also has criticized the U.S. government for what he calls the "distortion" of Arena's image.
  15. Now that the distortion has been removed, and the political prospects for the next five years are stable, it may be a time for a rethink of some of last year's investment decisions.
  16. It now remains to see whether the special interests will again drag Washington and the Senate back into their bog of demagoguery and distortion.
  17. 'To do otherwise would be inconsistent and lead to distortion of earnings.
  18. Weiler said a replacement wide-field camera that had already been scheduled for the Hubble may be built with special optics that would correct the focusing distortion caused by the telescope mirrors.
  19. Bentsen is seeking to bolster the Democrats' sagging fortunes in the presidential race with a hard-hitting assault on what he terms the GOP ticket's campaign of distortion and cynicism.
  20. Throughout all of this runs the blatant distortion of Judge Bork's views.
  21. And I don't find it much consolation that private funds financed this sort of distortion in a public gallery.
  22. Traders said the losses in the later months were a correction of the distortion that developed Monday as trading limits prevented those contracts from falling as steeply as the prices for current delivery.
  23. But Stoltzman's taffy-chewing distortion of rhythm in an attempt to be expressive was so severe that the music lost shape.
  24. Repeaters correct distortion and restore the strength of electrical signals.
  25. "It is not a distortion," Taylor said. "The real distortion would be to include a transcript without narration.
  26. "It is not a distortion," Taylor said. "The real distortion would be to include a transcript without narration.
  27. Garver said that Robinson's projection has less distortion in the size of land masses located far from the Equator, making countries such as Canada and the Soviet Union appear closer to their real size.
  28. Under the measure, artists would be given the right to bring a civil copyright suit against art owners for the "distortion, mutilation or other modification" of paintings, drawings, sculptures and limited edition prints and photographs.
  29. The chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts is accusing a pornography-fighting minister of using distortion and intimidation to eliminate federal funding for his agency.
  30. A new Jesse Helms television ad touting his support for environmental legislation "is a calculated distortion of his disgraceful record," the North Carolina Sierra Club chapter says.
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