twist

B1 · Intermediate Medicine

v. to hurt a part of your body by turning it the wrong way suddenly.

v. to injure a joint or ligament by a sudden, forceful rotation.

日本語:捻挫する※

“I twisted my ankle while I was running in the park yesterday.”

“He twisted his knee during the final minutes of the match, forcing the coach to call for a substitution.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to change what someone said to make it mean something different.

v. to distort or misinterpret a statement or fact, often to suit one's own purposes.

日本語:曲げる※

“Don't twist my words; I never said I wanted to quit the job.”

“The politician was accused of twisting the statistics to make the economic situation appear better than it actually was.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. an unexpected change in a story or situation.

n. an unexpected development or turn of events in a narrative or situation.

“The movie has a big twist at the end that nobody expected.”

“The novel's final twist recontextualises the entire plot, revealing that the narrator had been lying from the start.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun

n. a curve or turn in a road or path.

n. a physical bend or curve in a linear object or route.

“The road has many twists and turns as it goes up the mountain.”

“The path followed the twists of the river, leading the hikers through a series of narrow canyons.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Slang · Archaic · British English

n. an old-fashioned and informal word for a girl or woman.

n. a slang term for a woman or girl, now largely obsolete or restricted to specific dialects.

“In the old movie, the character referred to his girlfriend as a 'pretty twist'.”

“The author used period-accurate slang, having the protagonist describe the mysterious newcomer as a 'sharp-looking twist'.”