twister

• n. 纏繞者；不可靠的人；難題；旋轉球；饒口令

來自 twist,旋轉，纏繞，-er,表物。比喻用法。

twister (n.)

late 15c., "one who spins thread," agent noun from twist (v.). Meaning "tornado" is attested from 1881, American English.

1. The twister hit the roofs of homes and buildings.

龍卷風把房屋以及農機建築物連根拔起.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. This sentence is a tongue twister.

這句話很繞嘴.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. Tongue Twister : Can you can a can as a cannery cans can?

你能像罐頭廠那樣裝罐頭 嗎 ?

來自互聯網

4. The person he had trusted turned out to be a twister.

他起先信任的人結果卻是個冤家.

來自互聯網

5. Tongue Twister J _ K _ L Just think, that sphinx has a sphincter that stinks!

試想想, 那個獅身人麵像的括約肌發臭了!

來自互聯網