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

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

词根词缀：-ure

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that denotes an act or result, result of the act of

【同源单词】composure, legislature, literature, nature, primogeniture, rupture