early 15c., from Middle French contorsion or directly from Latin contortionem (nominative contorsio), noun of action from past participle stem of contorquere (see contort).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
由于營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良他們的軀體都變了形。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. This sentence was spoken with the bitterness of self - upbraiding, and a contortion of visage absolutely demoniacal.