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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.wrench; sprain; twist
我的膝盖扭了。
I twisted my knee.
螺帽扭不下。
The nut won't twist off.
向右扭把手,箱子就能打开。
Twist the handle to the right and the box will open.
- 2
v.swing; roll
她走路扭屁股。
She wiggles her hips when she walks.
要是你扭来扭去,我就没法给你梳头。
I can't brush your hair if you keep wriggling all the time.
她走路时一扭一扭的。
She walks with a rolling gait.
- 3
v.turn round
他一扭身就走了。
He turned around and walked away.
他扭过胳膊来看了一下上面的伤口。
He twisted his arm to look at the wound above.
她扭过脸哭了起来。
She turned aside/away and wept.
- 4
v.grapple with; seize
扭成一团
be at grips with somebody
他扭住小偷。
He seized the thief .
两个选手扭在一起。
The two contestants grappled together.
synonym
- 5
adj.crooked; not straight; skew; slant
那条街弯弯扭扭的。
That street is crooked.
七歪八扭
twist around
Words and phrases with 扭
- 扭曲[word]distort; distort
- 扭力矩[word]torsional moment
- 扭股儿糖[word]Chinese maltose candy, with two or three strands twisted together
- 扭干[word]wring dry
- 扭应力[word]distorting stress
- 扭钻[word]twist-drill
- 扭矩[word]torque
- 扭波[word]torsional wave
- 扭力天平[word]torsion balance
- 扭扭捏捏[idiom]affectedly bashful
- 扭捏作态[idiom]put on coquettish airs
- 扭亏为盈[idiom]make a profit instead of suffering a loss
- 扭亏增盈[idiom]reduce losses and increase profits
- 扭转乾坤[idiom]turn an unfavorable situation around