English Dictionary

twist

/twɪst/

noun

A twisting force. / Anything twisted, or the act of twisting. / The form given in twisting. / The degree of stress or strain when twisted. / A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

He felt a twist in his ankle after the fall.

意味（1）

A twisting force.

意味（2）

Anything twisted, or the act of twisting.

Peter was always proud afterwards when he remembered that, with the Bargee's furious fingers tightening on his ear, the Bargee's crimson countenance close to his own, the Bargee's hot breath on his neck, he had the courage to speak the truth.

"I wasn't catching fish," said Peter.

Peter was always proud afterwards when he remembered that, with the Bargee's furious fingers tightening on his ear, the Bargee's crimson countenance close to his own, the Bargee's hot breath on his neck, he had the courage to speak the truth. I wasn't catching fish, said Peter. That's not your fault, I'll be bound, said the man, giving Peter's ear a twist—not a hard one—but still a twist.

意味（3）

The form given in twisting.

[He] shrunk at first sight of it; he found fault with the length, the thickness, and the twist.

意味（4）

The degree of stress or strain when twisted.

意味（5）

A type of thread made from two filaments twisted together.

the thrid

By griesly Lachesis was spun with paine,

That cruell Atropos eftsoones vndid,

the thrid By griesly Lachesis was spun with paine, That cruell Atropos eftsoones vndid, With cursed knife cutting the twist in twaine […].

意味（6）

A sliver of lemon peel added to a cocktail, etc.

Bunny sat on the only remaining stool at the leather-padded oval bar in the Iron Lounge. It was happy hour, two drinks for the price of one. She decided on a martini with a twist, and while the bartender was preparing her drink, she scanned the faces looking at the bar.

意味（7）

A sudden bend (or short series of bends) in a road, path, etc.

But here a twist in the stream brought us out from the bushes

意味（8）

A distortion to the meaning of a word or passage.

意味（9）

An unexpected turn in a story, tale, etc.

Though set in Los Angeles, the film has a familiar, television look and feel - two handsome partners, cops, criminals, fast cars and a marginal romance. The twist in the buddy-car-chase formula is that here the good guys tend to blur into the bad.

意味（10）

(preceded by definite article) A type of dance characterised by rotating one’s hips. See Twist (dance) on Wikipedia for more details.

Come on, baby, let's do the twist / Take me by my little hand and go like this

意味（11）

A rotation of the body when diving.

意味（12）

A sprain, especially to the ankle.

意味（13）

(obsolete) A twig.

No twiſt, no twig, no bough nor branch …

意味（14）

(slang) A girl, a woman.

James and Ruby danced over beside us. ‘Did you tell her?’ he asked, looking at me. I nodded.

‘Wait a minute,’ Gloria said, as they started to dance away. ‘What’s the big idea of talking behind my back?’

James and Ruby danced over beside us. ‘Did you tell her?’ he asked, looking at me. I nodded. ‘Wait a minute,’ Gloria said, as they started to dance away. ‘What’s the big idea of talking behind my back?’ ‘Tell that twist to lay off me,’ James said, still speaking directly to me.

意味（15）

A roll or baton of baked dough or pastry in a twisted shape.

意味（16）

(countable, uncountable) A small roll of tobacco.

[…] this Katie Byrne was a great favourite with Art and Con, to whom she always brought a gift of tobacco twist, when she came on a visit, and Art and Con were great chewers of tobacco twist, and never had enough, never never had enough tobacco twist, for their liking.

意味（17）

A material for gun barrels, consisting of iron and steel twisted and welded together.

Damascus twist

意味（18）

The spiral course of the rifling of a gun barrel or a cannon.

意味（19）

(obsolete, slang) A beverage made of brandy and gin.

意味（20）

A strong individual tendency or bent; inclination.

a twist toward fanaticism

意味（21）

(slang, archaic) An appetite for food.

Hope you’ve brought good appetites with you, gentlemen. You, Doolan, I know ave, for you’ve always ad a deuce of a twist.

意味（22）

Short for hair twist.

The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.