the act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e.g., yourself)
a tortuous and twisted shape or position;
\\\"they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs\\\"
\\\"the acrobat performed incredible contortions\\\"
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The incidents of sexual violence laid bare the horrible contortion of human nature inflicted by war. 性暴力事件揭示了戰爭對人性的極端扭曲。
Like a man possessed in slo-mo, he bends from one contortion to another as he explores hidden aspects of his newly minted universe. 在探索他這個新鑄就的世界時，他像一個熟悉慢動作的人一樣，將身子從一種扭曲狀態變換到另外一種扭曲狀態。