twister

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtwɪstə/    美 /ˈtwɪstəɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who twists.
  2. One who twists.; One whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.
  3. An instrument used in twisting or making twists.
    — He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine.
  4. A ball delivered with a twist, as in cricket or billiards.
  5. A tornado. colloquial
  6. A girder.
  7. The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback. dated
  8. A crook, a villain. UK,colloquial
    — “I don't know if it's my imagination, Kipper,” I said, “but something gives me the impression that at moment of going to press you aren't too sold on Bobbie.” He shrugged a shoulder. “Oh, I wouldn't say that. Apart from wishing I could throttle the young twister with my bare hands and jump on the remains with hobnailed boots, I don't feel much about her one way or the other.”
  9. Any of species Tholymis tillarga of libellulid dragonfly, of tropical West Africa to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands.
  10. The party game Twister, usually capitalized, or a variant.

词形变化

twisters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
arm-twister arm twister fossil twister jaw-twister knife twister knife-twister Labrador twister Mersenne twister titty twister tongue-twister
相关词
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词源

From Middle English twyster, equivalent to twist + -er.
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