distortion
英 [dɪ'stɔːʃ(ə)n]
美[dɪs'tɔrʃən]
- n. 变形；[物] 失真；扭曲；曲解
英英释意
- 1. a change for the worse
- 2. a shape resulting from distortion
- 3. an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
- 4. a change (usually undesired) in the waveform of an acoustic or analog electrical signal; the difference between two measurements of a signal (as between the input and output signal);
- "heavy metal guitar players use vacuum tube amplifiers to produce extreme distortion"
- 5. the act of distorting something so it seems to mean something it was not intended to mean
- 6. the mistake of misrepresenting the facts
