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distortion

/dih-stawr-shuhn/US // dɪˈstɔr ʃən //UK // (dɪˈstɔːʃən) //

失真,变形,扭曲,歪曲

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act or instance of distorting.
    • : the state of being distorted or the relative degree or amount by which something is distorted or distorts.
    • : anything that is distorted, as a sound, image, fact, etc.
    • : Optics. an aberration of a lens or system of lenses in which the magnification of the object varies with the lateral distance from the axis of the lens.

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Examples

  • That “news staffer” needs a leader at Fox News with some standing, someone who could stand up to the multimillionaires who pack the prime-time schedule with lies and distortions.

  • Another perk of this lens shape is less distortion and glare.

  • The price distortions of stocks in the index turbocharge the small-cap advantage.

  • Our autobiographical memories are subject to all kinds of distortions—what psychologist Daniel Schacter cheekily calls “sins of commission.”

  • In particular, the researchers look for distortions caused by gravitational waves — ripples in space-time that, when they pass through the pulsars, change the blips’ arrival time on Earth.

  • And yet, even while seldom leaving the capital, they offer a perspective on the city that tilts toward distortion.

  • Second, however, dealing with TEKS at all means distortion, or worse.

  • Disguise, distortion, and deception were accepted as reality.

  • No doubt she's right, but wouldn't the best solution be to do away with the market distortion at the root of the problem?

  • Great TV shows reflect our lives back at us, even if it is with the fun-house distortion that sitcoms routinely pull off.

  • "Come nearer, Tatsu San," he whispered, forcing his face into the distortion of a smile.

  • No distortion of countenance, or aukward behaviour; no absence of mind; but to keep the Graces always in remembrance.

  • In fig. 72 distortion is carried too far; this figure is merely used as an illustration.

  • The street was empty and the acute sound of their steps struck in fantastic distortion against the city of silence.

  • We get some gravity, some magnetic, and some electrostatic field distortion, too.