词根：tort(tor) = to twist（卷缩）

  来自拉丁语的tort 意为to twist,它的变形为tor。

  （*拉丁文torquere(=twist) —— 英文根字典）

同源词：

1. distortion（用力拧dis(=intensive) + tort(=twist)
  n.曲解，歪曲；变形，扭曲
  distort v.歪曲，使变形
  distorted adj.歪曲的
  What he says is a distortion of the truth. 他的话是对事实的歪曲。

2. extort（扭曲使出来ex(=out) + tort (=twist)）
  vt. sth + from + sb 敲诈，强求，逼取；强夺，强取
  extortion n.强求，强夺；勒索钱财
  extortionate adj.勒索的；强求的
  The Mafioso extorted money from an old widow to pay her husband's debt. 黑手党成员微个老寡妇勒索钱财以偿还她丈夫的债务。

3. tortuous（扭曲的tort(=twist)）
  adj.弯曲的，曲折的；不正直的，不坦率的；绕圈子的
  My arms are tired from steering along this tortuous mountain road .沿着这条曲折的山路开车，我的胳膊很累。

4. contort
  v.扭曲，歪曲（意义）*con<com(=together)
  face contorted with pain 因疼痛而扭曲的脸
  contort a word out of its ordinary meaning 曲解词义

5. contortion
  n.（特指脸、身体的）扭曲，歪曲；扭曲状态 *con<com(=together)
  contortionist n.（身体可以自由弯曲的）柔体杂技演员
  contortions of an acrobat 杂技演员的软功

6. retort
  v.（特指对指责、挑战等）回嘴；反击，报复 n.回嘴，反驳；蒸馏器；曲颈瓶；（提纯水银等使用的）干馏釡 *re(=back)
  retort insult for insult 以牙还牙
  retort an argument 反驳观点
  make an insolent retort 傲慢地回嘴

7. tort
  n.侵权行为

8. tortoise
  n.陆龟，乌龟
  Hare and Tortoise 龟兔赛跑
  tortoiseshell 龟甲，鳖甲

9. torture
  n.拷问；折磨，痛苦 v.拷问；折磨；歪曲
  torturer n.拷打者
  torture politics 酷刑政治
  instruments of torture 刑具，刑架，拷问工具
  tortured with anxiety 困焦虑而备受折磨

10. torch
  n.火把，火炬；照明物；（焊接用）喷灯，喷抢
  torchlight n.火炬之光
  torchlight procession 火炬游行
  torch race （古希腊的）火炬接力赛跑
  torch of Hymen 爱情

11. torment
  n.（身体、精神上的）剧痛；苦恼 v.使痛苦，折磨；烦扰
  torments of jealousy 因嫉妒而痛苦
  tormented with neuralgia/hunger/mosquitoes 受神经痛的折磨/受饱的折磨/受蚊子的烦扰

12. tornado
  n.龙卷风；旋风；飓风

13. torpedo
  n.鱼雷，水雷 v.用鱼雷攻击（破坏）；使彻底完蛋，破坏（政策、制度等）
  torpedo boat 鱼雷艇
  torpedo tube 鱼雷发射管
  Who torpedoed the Disarmament Conference ? 谁破坏了裁军会议？

词根词缀：chordo-, chord-, cordo-, cord-

【来源及含义】Greek: khorde, "gut string" [of a lyre]; used in an extended sense to mean "sinew, flexible rod-shaped organ, string, cord"; Latin: chorda, "related notes in music, string of a musical instrument, cat-gut" via Old French, corde, "rope, string, twist, cord"

【同源单词】anemochord, cephalochordata, chordata, chordectomy, chorditis, chronic subglottic laryngitis

词根词缀：helico-, helic-, helici-, heli-, helix-

【来源及含义】Greek: spiral, coil; twisted, bent; spiral-shaped; a coil; by extension, "snail"

【相关词根词缀】Other "coil" words are at this spiro- unit.

【同源单词】helical, helicase, heliciform, helicine, helicity, helicobacter

词根词缀：ile-, ileo-

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: groin, flank, lower part of the body; gut, bowels, abdomen, loins

【相关描述】A combining form that denotes the ileum or the lower section of the small intestine.

From Greek eileos, verbal of eilein, to roll or twist up tightly; once used interchangeably with ilium, but later referred to the entire intestine; the last division of the small intestine.

【同源单词】gastroileostomy, ileocecal, ileocecostomy, ileocecum, ileocolic, ileocolitis

词根词缀：plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus, -ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply

【来源及含义】Latin: plicare, plecare, to fold, bend, curve, turn, twine, twist, interweave, weave

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】accomplice, app, appliableness, appliably, appliance, applicability

词根词缀：scolio-, scoli-, skoli-

【来源及含义】Greek: curvature, curved, twisted, crooked, bent

【同源单词】rachioscoliosis, scoliokyphosis, scoliolordosis, scoliometer, scoliosciometry, scoliosis

词根词缀：spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational (breath)

【来源及含义】Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage

【相关描述】Don't confuse this spiro-, with another spiro- meaning "coil, twisted".

【相关词根词缀】 Word units related to breath and breathe: hal-; pneo-; pneumato-; pneumo-; psych-.

【同源单词】antiperspirant, aquatic respiration, aspirant, aspirate, aspirate, aspiration

词根词缀：spiro-, spir-, spiri-

【来源及含义】Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted, turning

【相关描述】The Greek speira refers to anything which is wound or wrapped around something. In the plural, speirai, it includes the twisted folds or coils of a serpent or of a net; therefore, it refers to anything which is coiled, wreathed, or twisted; such as, a coil of a snake.

Careful, there is another spiro- which means "breath of life; breathing, breath".

【相关词根词缀】There are other "coil" words at this helico- unit.

【同源单词】conchospiral, spiradenitis, spiradenoma, spiral, spiral, spiral

词根词缀：streph-, strepho-, strep-

【来源及含义】Greek: to twist, to turn

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.

【同源单词】boustrophedon text, strephosymbolia, strephotome

词根词缀：strepto-, strepsi-

【来源及含义】Greek: a twisting, to twist; easily bent or twisted, like a chain

【同源单词】streptobacilli, streptococcal, streptococci, streptococcicide, Streptococcus, streptodermatitis