vt. 扭弯, 曲解

vi. 扭弯

[ verb ]
twist and press out of shape
<verb.contact> deform distort wring

Contort \Con*tort"\, v. t. [L. contortus, p. p. of contorquere
to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See {Torture}.]
To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to
distort; to wrest.

The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. --Ray.

Kant contorted the term category from the proper
meaning of attributed. --Sir W.
Hamilton.