transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪstɔ:(r)t ]
( distorts, distorting, distorted)
1.
If you distort a statement, fact, or idea, you report or represent it in an untrue way.
The media distorts reality; categorises people as all good or all bad...
VERB : V n
• dis‧tort‧ed
These figures give a distorted view of the significance for the local economy.
ADJ
2.
If something you can see or hear is distorted or distorts , its appearance or sound is changed so that it seems unclear.
A painter may exaggerate or distort shapes and forms...
This caused the sound to distort.
VERB : V n , V
• dis‧tort‧ed
Sound was becoming more and more distorted through the use of hearing aids.
ADJ