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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

contort [kən 'tɔrt] [kən 'tɔːt]
  1. 1. vt. 扭弯；扭曲；弄歪（嘴、脸等），使成弯曲；歪曲；曲解
  2. 2. vi. 扭弯；扭曲；弄歪（嘴、脸等），使成弯曲；歪曲；曲解
    a face contorted with pain
    痛得变了形的脸

Collins English-English Dictionary

contort [kən'tɔːt]
  1. 1. vb to twist or bend severely out of place or shape, esp in a strained manner
  2. 2. vb [Etymology] C15: from Latin contortus intricate, obscure, from contorquere to whirl around, from torquere to twist, wrench
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