contortionist

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An acrobat who is capable of twisting their body into unusual positions.
  2. One who twists words and phrases.

词形变化

contortionists plural

词汇关系

衍生词
contortionistic
相关词
contort contortion contortionism

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin con-
Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ-
Proto-Italic *torkʷeō
Latin torqueō
Latin contorqueō
Latin contortus
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin contortiōder.
Middle French contortionder.
English contortion
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
Proto-Hellenic *-tās
Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
Latin -istader.
Old French -istebor.
Middle English -ist
English -ist
English contortionist
From contortion + -ist.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary