distort

distort

英 [dɪ'stɔːt]
　　美 [dɪ'stɔrt]

vt. 扭曲；使失真；曲解
　　vi. 扭曲；變形

中文詞源：

distort 扭曲

dis-, 加強，完全的。-tort, 彎曲，詞源同turn, contort. 即完全彎曲的，扭曲的。

例句：

1. A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms.
畫傢可能會對線條和形狀進行誇大或扭曲。

2. This caused the sound to distort.
這導致瞭聲音的失真。

3. Exaggerated sections distort the shapes of folds as well as bed thickness.
比例放大的剖面歪曲褶皺的形態和巖層厚度.

4. Such manipulation can sometimes distort complex waveforms, obscuring identification of events.
這種作法有時會使復雜的波形畸變, 模糊瞭同相軸的識辨標志.

5. The current creates magnetic field that weaken and distort the signal.
電流會產生磁場,從而使信號減弱和失真.