资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Detort \De*tort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Detorted}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Detorting}.] [L. detortus, p. p. of detorquere to turn
   away; de + torquere to turn about, twist: cf. F.
   d['e]torquer, d['e]tordre.]
   To turn form the original or plain meaning; to pervert; to
   wrest. --Hammond.