warp
经纱,经纬度,经,翘曲
Related Words
Definitions
- 1
- : to bend or twist out of shape, especially from a straight or flat form, as timbers or flooring.
- : to bend or turn from the natural or true direction or course.
- : to distort or cause to distort from the truth, fact, true meaning, etc.; bias; falsify: Prejudice warps the mind.
- : Aeronautics. to curve or bend at the end or ends to promote equilibrium or to secure lateral control.
- : Nautical. to move into a desired place or position by hauling on a rope that has been fastened to something fixed, as a buoy or anchor.
- : Agriculture. to fertilize by inundation with water that deposits alluvial matter.
- 1
- : to become bent or twisted out of shape, especially out of a straight or flat form: The wood has warped in drying.
- : to be or become biased; hold or change an opinion due to prejudice, external influence, or the like.
- : Nautical. to warp a ship or boat into position. to move by being warped.
- : to bend slightly, to a degree that no fold or fault results.
- 1
- : a bend, twist, or variation from a straight or flat form in something, as in wood that has dried unevenly.
- : a mental twist, bias, or quirk, or a biased or twisted attitude or judgment.
- : the set of yarns placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.
- : time warp.
- : a situation, environment, etc., that seems characteristic of another era, especially in being out of touch with contemporary life or attitudes, etc.
- : Also called spring, spring line. Nautical. a rope for warping or hauling a ship or boat along or into position.
- : alluvial matter deposited by water, especially water let in to inundate low land so as to enrich it.
Phrases
- warp and woof
- time warp
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Until someone invents warp drive or the like, there is no way to overcome the obstacle of time.
“This means we’re not talking about a rapidly or aggressively expanding species, and there’s no warp drive or anything,” Wright told Gizmodo.
The warp drive is like tugging on spacetime to bring your destination closer.
Using their simple description, Bobrick and Martire demonstrate a method for using Einstein’s general relativity equations to find spacetimes that allow for arrangements of matter and energy that would act as warp bubbles.
This might not sound like much of a discovery, but until now it was unclear what warp drives might be, physically speaking.
But the thugs are numerous enough to be part of the warp and woof of the community.
Instead, now we have a political science case-study proving how political fortunes can shift and change at warp speed.
WHERE TO EAT: For lunch, enter the time warp that is Crown Candy Kitchen (don't pass on the sundaes).
No throwback eyeglasses or filters on my photos to give the impression of a time warp.
One of my favorite moments in that film was when Spock mends the warp core and Captain Kirk goes down to see him.
Politeness, being based upon real kindness of heart, cannot exist where there is selfishness or brutality to warp its growth.
And yet, not that alone, for the warp and woof of history are made up of innumerable threads.
And now, waiting for the ship to warp into its pier, she realized what a fatal mistake her reticence had been.
But we can't control the directional and dimensional scope of the warp.
When the warp principle was discovered, it looked like the answer.