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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++warp1 /wɔːp $ wɔːrp/ verb  1 [intransitive, transitive]BEND if something warps, or if heat or cold warps it, it becomes bent or twisted, and loses its original shape (使)扭曲;(使)变形 The door must be warped. It won’t close properly. 这门肯定是变形了,关不严。2 HARM/BE BAD FOR[transitive] to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave 使反常;使有偏见 You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgment. 你不能因为不喜欢她而使自己的判断受到影响。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
warpPods can also warp, allowing the batteries to slip out of contact, and the contacts themselves are often quite small.Acrylic primed canvas boards are prone to warping even in normal atmospheres.The wooden fence had warped in the hot sun.The two molecules may warp or twist slightly under the influence of the connection.The thing it became was an experimental format where Reynolds played guitar, tweaking and warping the sound using effects.The hot sun had warped the wooden fence.To prevent the violin body from warping, there is a strong wooden brace along its whole length.It is Morrissey himself who is being warped, twisted and cheated by the media.Moreover, the cooling would be uneven, and the resultant shrinkage and warping would leave the structure fissured and cracked.Those violent video games must have warped your mind.
warp2 noun  1. the warp technicalTIC the threads used in weaving cloth that go from the top to the bottom of the machine 〔织布中用的〕经,经纱 weft2. [singular]BEND a part of something that has become bent or twisted from its original shape 弯曲,翘曲;变形 time warp
Examples from the Corpus
warpIt was a warp in time, a secret crease in space.Imperial merchantmen traversing the warp would flee at the sighting of one.On other wavelengths of perception than the visible, the warp was far from empty.The union movement in this country suffers from fossilized leadership trapped in a time warp.
Origin warp1 Old English weorpan to throw warp2 1. Old English wearp2. (1600-1700) → WARP1
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warp
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warp1 /wɔːp $ wɔːrp/ verb
 Language: Old English
 Origin: weorpan 'to throw'
1. [intransitive and transitive] if something warps, or if heat or cold warps it, it becomes bent or twisted, and loses its original shape:
    The door must be warped. It won’t close properly.
2. [transitive] to influence someone in a way that has a harmful effect on how they think or behave:
    You mustn’t allow your dislike of her to warp your judgement.

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warp2 noun
 Sense 1
 Language: Old English
 Origin: wearp
 Sense 2
 Date: 1600-1700
 Origin: warp1
1. the warp technical the threads used in weaving cloth that go from the top to the bottom of the machine ⇨ weft
2. [singular] a part of something that has become bent or twisted from its original shape
time warp


warpBrE /wɔːp/ 🔊NAmE /wɔːrp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they warp BrE /wɔːp/ 🔊 NAmE /wɔːrp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it warps BrE /wɔːps/ 🔊 NAmE /wɔːrps/ 🔊past simple warped BrE /wɔːpt/ 🔊 NAmE /wɔːrpt/ 🔊past participle warped BrE /wɔːpt/ 🔊 NAmE /wɔːrpt/ 🔊 -ing form warping BrE /ˈwɔːpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwɔːrpɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to become, or make sth become, twisted or bent out of its natural shape, for example because it has become too hot, too damp, etc. (使)扭曲,弯曲,变形The window frames had begun to warp. 窗框已经开始变形。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth to influence sb so that they begin to behave in an unacceptable or shocking way 使(行为等)不合情理;使乖戾His judgement was warped by prejudice. 他因偏见而判断有误。🔊🔊
warpBrE /wɔːp/ 🔊NAmE /wɔːrp/ 🔊 nounthe warp [singular] (specialist) the threads on a loom (= a machine used for making cloth) that other threads are passed over and under in order to make cloth (织布机上的)经线,经纱   compare weft   see also time warp