Traductions de „contorted“ dans le dictionnaire anglais » allemand

con·tort·ed [kənˈtɔ:tɪd, Am -ˈtɔ:rt̬ɪd] ADJ

1. contorted (awry):

contorted

verdreht

contorted hands

verdrehte Hände

contorted limbs

verrenkte [o. verdrehte] Gliedmaßen

2. contorted (false):

contorted

verdreht péj fam

I . con·tort [kənˈtɔ:t, Am -ˈtɔ:rt] VERBE intr

contort (in pain)

sich acc verzerren

contort (in displeasure)

sich acc verziehen

his face had contorted with bitterness and rage

seine Miene hatte sich vor Bitterkeit und Wut verzogen

II . con·tort [kənˈtɔ:t, Am -ˈtɔ:rt] VERBE trans

1. contort (deform):

to contort sth

etw verdrehen [o. verrenken]

to contort one's body

sich acc verrenken

a face contorted by pain

ein schmerzverzerrtes Gesicht

2. contort (abuse):

to contort sth

etw verdrehen péj fam

to contort the truth/sb's words

die Wahrheit/jds Worte verdrehen péj fam

Exemples tirés du dictionnaire PONS (vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

contorted hands

verdrehte Hände

contorted limbs

verrenkte [o. verdrehte] Gliedmaßen

a face contorted by pain

ein schmerzverzerrtes Gesicht

his face had contorted with bitterness and rage

seine Miene hatte sich vor Bitterkeit und Wut verzogen

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

The mine consists of a straight, narrow corridor, gradually becoming wider and more contorted, in the end almost forming a botch.

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The mine consists is linear, slender; highly contorted and pale brown.

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The sandstone and quartzite beds of the upper member exhibit an abundance of complexly contorted, gnarly bedded, fluid expulsion structures and dramatic convolute bedding.

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The later part of the mine is less strongly contorted.

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The mine consists of a long, often contorted, narrow corridor that hardly widens towards the end.

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They end up being melted in a fire and while holding hands, their shapes are contorted into the image of a heart.

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The tract is contorted, turning several times in a small area.

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He is the enemy of affected, stilted, contorted expressions.

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It is a wide-spreading tree with distinctive twisted and contorted branches that are quite pendulous at their ends.

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Occasionally recognizable emotive postures and gestures are used, notably contorted body shapes and facial expressions conveying ecstasy and perhaps more often, pain and silent shrieks.

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