warp
verb /wɔːp/
/wɔːrp/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they warp | /wɔːp/ /wɔːrp/ |
he / she / it warps | /wɔːps/ /wɔːrps/ |
past simple warped | /wɔːpt/ /wɔːrpt/ |
past participle warped | /wɔːpt/ /wɔːrpt/ |
-ing form warping | /ˈwɔːpɪŋ/ /ˈwɔːrpɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] warp (something) to become, or make something become twisted, or bent out of its natural shape, for example because it has become too hot, too wet, etc.
(使)扭曲,弯曲,变形 - The window frames had begun to warp.
窗框已经开始变形。
- The window frames had begun to warp.
- [transitive] warp something to influence somebody so that they begin to behave in an unacceptable way
使(行为等)不合情理;使乖戾 - His judgement was warped by prejudice.
他因偏见而判断有误。
- His judgement was warped by prejudice.
词源Old English weorpan (verb), wearp (noun), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch werpen and German werfen ‘to throw’. Early verb senses included ‘throw’ and ‘hit with a missile’; the sense ‘bend’ dates from late Middle English.