vt.

1. 扭轉；扭彎；旋轉，絞
   Twist the knob clockwise.

   按順時針方向轉動旋鈕。

2. 捻，搓；捻成，搓成
   He twisted a rope out of threads.

   他用線搓了一根繩子。

3. 纏，盤繞；編，織[O]
   She twisted flowers into a wreath.

   她將花編成了一個花環。

4. 扭傷；扭歪
   He fell and twisted his ankle.

   他摔了一跤，扭傷了腳踝。

5. 歪曲，曲解
   She often twists my words.

   她時常歪曲我的話。

6. 使密切相關
7. 曲折地行（路）
   He twisted his way through the crowd.

   他在人群中曲折穿行。

vi.

1. 轉身；旋轉；彎曲
   The leaves twisted and turned in the wind.

   樹葉被風吹得直打轉。

   He twisted in his chair to see what was happening behind him.

   他在座位上轉過身去看他身後發生了什麼事。

2. 纏繞，盤繞
   A piece of string has twisted round the propeller.

   一根繩子纏在螺旋槳上了。

3. 捻合，搓攏
4. 扭傷；扭歪
   The child's ankle twisted.

   那孩子的足踝扭傷了。

5. 扭動；跳扭扭舞
   The boy twisted uneasily in his chair.

   那男孩在椅子裡侷促不安地扭動著。

6. 曲折地前進
   The snake twisted across the grass.

   蛇蠕動著爬過草地。

n.[C]

1. 扭；絞；搓；纏；編
   The big boy gave his arm a twist.

   那個大男孩扭了一下他的胳膊。

2. 捻成（或搓成，編成）的東西
   He lit his pipe with a twist of paper.

   他用紙煤點燃了菸斗。

3. 轉彎；彎曲處
   The mountain road is full of twists.

   那山路頗多曲折。

4. 扭傷；扭歪
   He suffered a painful twist of the elbow.

   他肘部扭傷，疼痛難忍。

5. 歪曲；曲解
   She gave the facts a twist.

   她歪曲了事實。

6. 怪癖；偏執
7. 意外轉折
   The story has a strange twist in chapter 15.

   故事情節在第十五章有了出乎意料的轉折。

8. 竅門，花樣
9. 扭擺舞[the S]

v.

1. form into a bent, curled, or distorted shape.
   ▸turn or bend round or into a different direction.
   ▸force or be forced out of the natural position by twisting:

   he twisted his ankle playing tennis.
2. rotate around something that remains stationary; turn.
   ▸move around each other; interlace.
   ▸take or have a winding course.
3. distort or misrepresent the meaning of.
   ▸ [as adj. twisted] (of a personality or behaviour) unpleasantly or unhealthily abnormal.
4. dance the twist.
5. Brit. informal cheat; defraud.
6. (in pontoon) request, deal, or be dealt a card face upwards.

n.

1. an act or instance of twisting.
   ▸ (the twist) a dance with a twisting movement of the body, popular in the 1960s.
2. a thing with a spiral shape.
   ▸Brit. a paper packet with twisted ends.
   ▸a small quantity of tobacco, sugar, etc., wrapped in such a packet.
3. force producing twisting; torque.
   ▸forward motion combined with rotation about an axis.
   ▸the rifling in the bore of a gun.
4. an unexpected, typically unwelcome, development of events.
   ▸a new treatment or outlook:

   she takes conventional subjects and gives them a twist.
5. a fine strong thread consisting of twisted fibres.
6. Brit. a drink consisting of two ingredients mixed together.
7. Brit. informal a swindle.
8. a carpet with a tightly curled pile.

[名]

1. 扭扭舞。