contortions（复数名词）：指身体或脸部夸张、扭曲的姿势/动作；也可指牵强别扭的说法或“拐弯抹角”的做法（比喻义）。
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The clown made funny contortions to make the kids laugh.
小丑做出滑稽的扭曲动作来逗孩子们笑。
In a moment of pain, his face went through a series of contortions, revealing how hard he was trying to stay calm.
疼痛袭来时，他的脸一阵抽动扭曲，暴露出他正努力保持镇定的程度。
来自拉丁语 contorquere，由 **con-**（加强/一起）+ torquere（扭、拧、旋转）构成，原义与“把东西扭成不自然的形状”有关，后来引申到“表情/姿态的扭曲”以及“论证或做法的牵强别扭”。
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