warp

Word family

warp1 /wɔːp $ wɔːrp/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]BEND if something warps, or if heat or cold warps it, it becomes bent or twisted, and loses its original shape (使)扭曲；(使)變形

The door must be warped. It won’t close properly.

這門肯定是變形了，關不嚴。

2 HARM/BE BAD FOR[transitiveT] to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave 使反常；使有偏見

You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgment.

你不能因爲不喜歡她而使自己的判斷受到影響。

Examples from the Corpus

warp• Pods can also warp, allowing the batteries to slip out of contact, and the contacts themselves are often quite small.• Acrylic primed canvas boards are prone to warping even in normal atmospheres.• The wooden fence had warped in the hot sun.• The two molecules may warp or twist slightly under the influence of the connection.• The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.• The hot sun had warped the wooden fence.• To prevent the violin body from warping, there is a strong wooden brace along its whole length.• It is Morrissey himself who is being warped, twisted and cheated by the media.• Moreover, the cooling would be uneven, and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked.• Those violent video games must have warped your mind.

warp2 noun