扭niǔ ❶ (掉转； 转动) turn round: ～ 过头去 turn one's head away; 他 ～ 过头来看了一下。 He looked over his shoulder. 她厌恶地 ～ 过脸去。 She turned away in disgust.
❷ (拧； 旋转) twist; wrench: 把树枝 ～ 断 twist a twig and break it; 用力把门 ～ 开 wrench the door open; 向右 ～ 把手， 箱子就能打开。 Twist the handle to the right and the box will open.
❸ （拧伤） sprain; wrench: ～ 了筋 wrench a tendon; sprain a muscle; ～ 了腰 sprain one's back
❹ （走路时身体摇动） roll; swing: 她走路一 ～ 一 ～ 的。 She walks with a rolling gait.
❺ （揪住） seize; grapple with: 两个摔交手 ～ 在一起。The two wrestlers grappled together.
◆扭摆 {物} torsional pendulum; 扭摆舞 twist; 扭秤 torsion balance; torsion scale; 扭打 wrestle; grapple; 扭搭 [口] walk with a swing; have a rolling gait; 扭簧 torsional spring; 扭角 {物} torsional angle; 扭结 twist together; tangle up; kinking （纱线疵点）; snarls; 扭矩 torsion; torque; twist; lay; moment of torque; moment of torsion; 扭扣 toggle; 扭亏为盈 make a profit instead of suffering a loss; cease to lose and begin to turn out a profit; make up deficits and increase surpluses; turn from deficits to profit turn loss into gain; 扭亏增盈 make up deficits and increase surpluses; reduce losses and increase profits; 扭力 torque force; torsion; torsion(al) force; twisting force; 扭捏 be affectedly bashful; 扭扭捏捏 take mincing steps; be affectedly bashful; blush; shilly-shally; turn coy and shy; 扭曲 angulation; dogleg; tortuosity; warping; 扭伤 sprain; wrench; strain; 扭送 seize and turn over; drag sb. off to; 扭弯 screw; wreath; 扭秧歌 do the yangko dance; 扭转 turn round; turn about; turn back; reverse; remedy; torsion; torsioning; twist; cockling; torsional deflection; distortion; twisting; 扭转乾坤 bring about a radical change in the situation; retrieve a hopeless situation; reverse the course of events; save a country [the world] from disaster; 扭作一团 (The two) were grappling with each other. |