粵

扭nau2曲kuk1

nau2 kuk1niǔ qū

English

  1. to twist
  2. to warp
  3. to distort
  4. (physically) to distort; to twist
  5. (of descriptions of events) to distort

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 物件受外力,有一節向另一個方向變形
  2. 將件事嘅情節描述到唔符合本來嘅情況;歪曲

Examples

  • 事實好清楚。 混亂會反感佢,無知會嘲笑佢,惡意會試圖噉扭曲佢,但係呢個係事實。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 簡化噉講,拓撲學就係想研究呢啲「無論件體點樣畀人撳扁、拉長或者扭曲,都唔會變」嘅幾何特性。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 不要扭曲我說的話。

    Don't twist my words around.

    Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY

  • “我认为完美是丑陋的”,他说道。“人们做的事情,我希望看到的是创伤,失败,混乱,扭曲。”

    "I think perfection is ugly", he said. "Somewhere in the things that humans make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion."

    Tatoeba · Ethan_lin CC BY

  • 扭曲事實

    to distort the facts

  • 欄杆經碰撞後嚴重扭曲。

    The railings were seriosly distorted after the crash. ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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