(1)distort， twist， deform， contort， warp
(2)
These verbs mean to change and spoil the form or character of something. To
这些动词都表示变化或损坏某物的外形或特征。
(3)
distort is to alter in shape, as by torsion or wrenching; the term also applies to verbal or pictorial misrepresentation and to alteration or perversion of the meaning of something:
Distort 指通过扭转或扭伤使改变形状；该词也可用来指对言语或绘画的曲解和对某物意义歪曲：
“The human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it” (Francis Bacon).
“人的理解如同一面假镜子，无规律地接收光线，将自己的本质和事物的本质混合起来，从而歪曲和玷污了事物的本质” （富兰西斯·培根）。
(4)
Twist applies to distortion of form or meaning:
Twist 可用于指对外形的扭曲或对意义的歪曲：
a mouth twisted with pain.
痛得嘴歪了。
He accused me of twisting his words to mean what I wanted them to.
他指控我随心所欲地歪曲了他的话。
(5)
Deform refers to change that disfigures and often implies the loss of desirable qualities such as beauty:
Deform 指使变形，常含有失去优秀品质（如美丽）之意：
Great erosion deformed the landscape.
巨大的侵蚀改变了地貌。
“The earlier part of his discourse was deformed by pedantic divisions and subdivisions” (Macaulay).
“学究式的划分和次分损毁了他的讲话的前一部分的外形” （麦考利）。
(6)
Contort implies violent change that produces unnatural or grotesque effects:
Contort 指巨大变化从而产生不自然的或奇异的结果：
a face contorted with rage;
由于发怒而使脸部剧烈扭曲；
a contorted line of reasoning.
歪曲奇异的思路。