Distort - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

verb

Change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.

Примеры использования:

Eliot was persuaded to alter the passage

verb

To change a characteristic, often slightly, or to cause this to happen

Примеры использования:

[ t ] the coat was too long, so i took it back to the store to have it altered., some things in lif…

verb

To change the appearance, character, or structure of something, or to be changed in this way

Примеры использования:

Just last week, the company agreed to alter some of its business practices., if they want to contin…

adjective

Away from the usual or expected course; amiss.

Примеры использования:

I got the impression that something was awry

adjective

Not in the intended manner, or out of position, or wrong

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There are too many people involved, and something is bound to go awry.

adjective

Not in the intended way

Примеры использования:

Anything that goes awry (= goes wrong) in the office is blamed on pete., the strike has sent the pl…

verb

Shape or force (something straight) into a curve or angle.

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The wire has to be bent back tightly

noun

A curve in a road, river, path, or racing circuit.

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The van screeched round a bend

noun

An ordinary in the form of a broad diagonal stripe from top left (dexter chief) to bottom right (sinister base) of a shield or part of one.

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A narrow bend, either dexter or sinister, lying across the other charges on a shield

adjective

Sharply curved or having an angle.

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A piece of bent wire

noun

Past and past participle of bend1.

noun

A stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses.

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The grasses used may be native to the area or specially introduced species such as rye grass, fescu…

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Примеры использования:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Примеры использования:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

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[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Примеры использования:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

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He buckled his belt

noun

A fastener for a belt

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A silver buckle, [ t ] please buckle your seat belts., [ i ] after eight hours of hiking, our knees…

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

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He buckled his belt

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Примеры использования:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

noun

A cake made with fruit (typically blueberries) and having a streusel topping.

Примеры использования:

Finish off the meal with a blueberry buckle for dessert

noun

The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light.

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The lights flickered and changed colour

verb

Pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race.

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Discrimination on the basis of colour

noun

Red, blue, green, yellow, etc.

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What's your favourite colour?, she wears a lot of bright colours., what colour are your eyes?, in a…

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Примеры использования:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

verb

To (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

Примеры использования:

His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

adjective

Twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

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Contorted limbs

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Примеры использования:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

adjective

Twisted or bent in a way that does not seem natural

Примеры использования:

His face was contorted in anger.

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape or out of place.

Примеры использования:

His teeth were yellow and crooked

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Примеры использования:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Not straight or not even; twisted, bent, or uneven

Примеры использования:

That dog’s tail is crooked., your glasses are on crooked., their efforts centered on crooked deals …

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Примеры использования:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

Примеры использования:

Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

verb

To spoil the usual and true shape of something

Примеры использования:

Age deforms the spine.

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.

Примеры использования:

His deformed hands

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Примеры использования:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

adjective

Spoiled by not having a usual or regular shape or structure

Примеры использования:

The shale in this area is deformed and folding of the rock can be seen., the child was born with a …

verb

Spoil the appearance of.

Примеры использования:

Litter disfigures the countryside

verb

To spoil completely the appearance of someone or something

Примеры использования:

She was horribly disfigured by burns.

verb

To spoil the appearance of something or someone, especially their face, completely

Примеры использования:

She was horribly disfigured by burns., this part of the old town has been disfigured by ugly new bu…

verb

Spoil the appearance of.

Примеры использования:

Litter disfigures the countryside

verb

Past simple and past participle of disfigure

verb

To spoil the appearance of something or someone, especially their face, completely

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She was horribly disfigured by burns., this part of the old town has been disfigured by ugly new bu…

noun

A person who is qualified to treat people who are ill.

Примеры использования:

Doctor thornhill

verb

Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify.

Примеры использования:

The reports could have been doctored

noun

A person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured

Примеры использования:

This health plan lets you choose your own doctor., he claimed the photo had been doctored.

verb

Alter (information, a document, or evidence) so as to mislead.

Примеры использования:

A laboratory which was alleged to have falsified test results

verb

To change documents, figures, records, etc. in order to deceive someone

Примеры использования:

She was charged with falsifying bank records., the certificate had clearly been falsified., five pe…

verb

To change something, such as a document, in order to deceive people

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The certificate had clearly been falsified.

verb

Reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.

Примеры использования:

The connection was awful and kept garbling his voice

noun

A garbled account or transmission.

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Most readers assumed the word was a typographical garble

verb

To make words or messages unclear and difficult to understand

Примеры использования:

It's bad when phones garble conversations.

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

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His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Примеры использования:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

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An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) abnormally formed; misshapen.

Примеры использования:

Her ribs are malformed

adjective

(used especially of part of the body) wrongly formed

Примеры использования:

There are genetic defects which can cause malformed teeth., the shells of the snails appeared to be…

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Примеры использования:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Примеры использования:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Примеры использования:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Примеры использования:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Примеры использования:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

verb

Give a false or inaccurate account of (something).

Примеры использования:

The press exaggerated and misreported the response to the film

noun

A false or incorrect report.

Примеры использования:

I am also curious as to whether those reports did in fact report movement of the ship, or whether i…

verb

To make known information that is not completely true or correct

Примеры использования:

The magazine misreported its sales figures in order to boost advertising revenue.

verb

Give a false or misleading account of the nature of.

Примеры использования:

You are misrepresenting what i said

verb

To represent something or someone falsely, often in order to obtain an advantage

Примеры использования:

He misrepresented facts about his legal experience on his application.

verb

To give false information about something or someone, often in order to get an advantage

Примеры использования:

She believes that the defendant's lawyers misrepresented the situation., be misrepresented (by sb/i…

verb

Shape or form badly or wrongly.

Примеры использования:

A new novel about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult

noun

A misshapen chocolate or other item of food, sold cheaply.

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She brought home bags of misshapes

adjective

Not having the normal or natural shape or form.

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Misshapen fruit

adjective

Having a shape that is not natural

Примеры использования:

His knee is badly misshapen from years of football and seven operations.

verb

Make wrong or inaccurate statements about.

Примеры использования:

To say that he was alone misstates the case

verb

To state something that is false or not accurate

Примеры использования:

The quarterly report misstated the amount of grant money distributed., misstate facts/numbers/figures

verb

To express a fact that is not correct

Примеры использования:

Yesterday's obituary of randall m. klose misstated the date of his death.

verb

Distort or corrupt the original course, meaning, or state of (something).

Примеры использования:

He was charged with conspiring to pervert the course of justice

noun

A person whose sexual behaviour is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.

verb

To change something from its correct use or original purpose

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These journalists are perverting the news., the will of the people is being perverted by their elec…

noun

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience.

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Prejudice against people from different backgrounds

verb

Give rise to prejudice in (someone); make biased.

Примеры использования:

The statement might prejudice the jury

noun

An unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling formed without enough thought or knowledge

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[ u ] racial prejudice, [ c ] the experience merely confirmed all his prejudices about living in th…

adjective

Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line; askew; crooked.

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His hat looked slightly skew

noun

An oblique angle; a slant.

Примеры использования:

The most important effect of the skew in angle is the raised plateau of entrance court created in t…

verb

Suddenly change direction or position.

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The car had skewed across the track

verb

Slope or lean in a particular direction; diverge or cause to diverge from the vertical or horizontal.

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A ploughed field slanted up to the skyline

noun

A sloping position.

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The hedge grew at a slant

adjective

Sloping.

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Slant pockets

verb

Turn or cause to turn or whirl round quickly.

Примеры использования:

The girl spun round in alarm

noun

A rapid turning or whirling motion.

Примеры использования:

He concluded the dance with a double spin

verb

Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

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A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Примеры использования:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

adjective

Forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled.

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The crash left a trail of twisted metal across the carriageway

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

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A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

adjective

Unusual and strange; perverse

Примеры использования:

The letter was clearly written by someone with a twisted mind., he missed the first game of the sea…

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Примеры использования:

Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

Примеры использования:

The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

Примеры использования:

[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Примеры использования:

Warped wooden planks

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Примеры использования:

Moisture had warped the box

adjective

Strange and unpleasant

Примеры использования:

I shouldn't really laugh about the accident - it's my warped sense of humour!, in their warped mind…

noun

A sudden violent twist or pull.

Примеры использования:

With a wrench tony wriggled free

verb

Pull or twist suddenly and violently.

Примеры использования:

Casey grabbed the gun and wrenched it from my hand

verb

A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments

verb

Forcibly pull (something) from a person's grasp.

Примеры использования:

Leila tried to wrest her arm from his hold

noun

A key for tuning a harp or piano.

Примеры использования:

With respect to the harp, he produces the sharps, flats, quarter-notes, or any intermediate variati…

verb

To obtain something with difficulty, effort, or violence

Примеры использования:

Shareholders will try to wrest control of the company from the current management.

verb

Squeeze and twist (something) to force liquid from it.

Примеры использования:

She wrung the cloth out in the sink

noun

An act of squeezing or twisting something.

Примеры использования:

I rinse my brush in hot water, warm water and then give it a slight "wring".

verb

To twist something by holding it tightly and turning your hands in opposite directions

Примеры использования:

[ m ] she wrung out the shirt and hung it up to dry.