词根:-tort-
【词根含义】:扭,拧
【词根来源】:来源于拉丁语动词torqu.eo, torqu.ere, tors.i, tort.us(扭,拧)。
【同源单词】:contort, contortion, distort, distortion, extort
前缀:re-
【词根含义】:再,重复;回,向后;相反,反对;离开
【同源单词】:arrest, correlate, correlation, correspond, correspondence
词根词缀:tors-, tort-, -tort, tortu-, torqu-
【来源及含义】Latin: bend, curve, turn, twist
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.
【同源单词】amalgam retort, contort, contortedly, contortion, contortionist, contortoplankton