twist

• vt. 捻；拧；扭伤；编织；使苦恼
• n. 扭曲；拧；扭伤
• vi. 扭动；弯曲
• n. (Twist)人名；(英)特威斯特

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中文词源

可能来自 two,二，-st,表反复。引申词义缠绕在一起，旋转，转动等。

英文词源

twist

twist: [OE] Twist appears to come ultimately from prehistoric Germanic base *twi- ‘double’, which also underlies English twice, twig, twin, etc. In Old English it is found only in compound words, denoting such things as ‘rope’ (presumably originally made from ‘two’ strands) and ‘forked objects’. It does not appear as an independent word until the 14th century, by which time its association with ‘rope’ had given it the sense ‘wrench, wind’.
=> two

twist (n.)

mid-14c., "flat part of a hinge" (now obsolete), probably from Old English -twist "divided object; fork; rope" (as in mæsttwist "mast rope, stay;" candeltwist "wick"), from Proto-Germanic *twis-, from PIE root *dwo- (see two). Original senses suggest "dividing in two" (cognates: cognate Old Norse tvistra "to divide, separate," Gothic twis- "in two, asunder," Dutch twist, German zwist "quarrel, discord," though these senses have no equivalent in English), but later ones are of "combining two into one," hence the original sense of the word may be "rope made of two strands."

Meaning "thread or cord composed of two or more fibers" is recorded from 1550s. Meaning "act or action of turning on an axis" is attested from 1570s. Sense of "beverage consisting of two or more liquors" is first attested c. 1700. Meaning "thick cord of tobacco" is from 1791. Meaning "curled piece of lemon, etc., used to flavor a drink" is recorded from 1958. Sense of "unexpected plot development" is from 1941.

The popular rock 'n' roll dance craze is from 1961, so called from the motion involved, but twist was used to describe popular dances in 1894 and again in the 1920s. To get one's knickers in a twist "be unduly agitated" is British slang first attested 1971.

twist (v.)

c. 1200 (implied in past tense form twaste), "to wring," from twist (n.). Sense of "to spin two or more strands of yarn into thread" is attested from late 15c. Meaning "to move in a winding fashion" is recorded from 1630s. To twist the lion's tail was U.S. slang (1895) for "to provoke British feeling" (the lion being the symbol of Britain). To twist (someone's) arm in the figurative sense of "pressure (to do something)" is from 1945. Related: Twisted; twisting.

双语例句

1. The battle of the sexes also took a new twist.

两性之争也出现了新的变数。

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2. Twist the string carefully around the second stem with the other hand.

用另外一只手小心地把细绳缠绕到第二根茎上。

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3. Twist the mixture into individual sausages without splitting the skins.

将混合物拧成一段段的香肠，不要把皮弄破。

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4. By a curious twist of fate, cricket was also my favourite sport.

让人感到惊奇的是，板球碰巧也是我最喜欢的运动。

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5. It is the turn of Latvia to twist the knife.

轮到拉特维亚落井下石了。

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