Deform



GRE TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 毁坏形状或外观
• ［英］ v. 毁坏形状或外观 ( spoil the shape or appearance of sth)
• ［记］ de ( 变坏) +form ( 形状) -> 毁坏形状

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French desfurmer, from Latin deformare, from de- + formare to form, from forma form
• Date: 15th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to spoil the form of
  • 2.
    • a. to spoil the looks of ; disfigure <a face deformed by bitterness>
    • b. to mar the character of <a marriage deformed by jealousy>
  • 3. to alter the shape of by stress
• intransitive verb
  • to become misshapen or changed in shape
• ? deformable adjective
• Synonyms:
  • deform, distort, contort, warp means to mar or spoil by or as if by twisting. deform may imply a change of shape through stress, injury, or some accident of growth <his face was deformed by hatred>. distort and contort both imply a wrenching from the natural, normal, or justly proportioned, but contort suggests a more involved twisting and a more grotesque and painful result<the odd camera angle distorts the figure in the photograph><disease had painfully contorted her body>. warp indicates physically an uneven shrinking that bends or twists out of a flat plane<warped floorboards>.

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