身體扭出來的形狀
這一組離核心畫面最近：真的有一個身體被扭起來，而你看得到扭出來的樣子。
noun · C1
A twisted position or movement of the body or the face that looks strange or surprising, usually because it is hard to do or hard to hold.
扭曲的姿勢
核心畫面
You can picture contortion as something being twisted hard out of the shape it should have: a back folded much further than a back should fold, a face screwed up tight, a metal bar bent past straight. The word keeps that same picture even when nothing physical is being twisted at all.
contortion 可以想成「硬把一個東西扭出原本的形狀」。畫面像是腰折到不可思議的角度，像是臉皺成一團，也像是一…更多收起
contortion 可以想成「硬把一個東西扭出原本的形狀」。畫面像是腰折到不可思議的角度，像是臉皺成一團，也像是一根鐵條被扭得不成直線。這個字後面接的是身體、是東西，還是一件難辦的事，那個「扭」的畫面都還在。看到它的時候，先在腦中把東西扭一下，通常就抓得住它想說什麼。From the word’s history
The Wiktionary etymology tree traces contortion to Latin contortus, from con- plus torqueo (to twist), which went into Middle French contortion and then English. The Latin root is literally a twisting, which is the same picture the modern word still carries.
Wiktionary 的詞源樹把 contortion 追到拉丁文 contortus：con- 加上 torqueō（扭、轉），再經中古法文 contortion 進入英文。這個根本來就是「扭」，跟今天這個字給人的畫面剛好同一個。
Wiktionary entry for 'contortion' (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1054200239:16594), etymology tree: Latin con- + torqueō > contortus > contortiō > Middle French contortion
Three branches
東西被扭得不成原形
一樣是那個扭，但鏡頭從「扭出來的姿勢」移到「變形這件事本身」。
noun · C2
The twisting of something so that it loses its normal shape, or the state of being twisted in this way. This use names the twisting itself, not one particular twisted shape.
扭曲變形
為了辦成事的一番折騰
這裡沒有實體被扭，被扭的是做法、說法和規矩；核心畫面被整個搬到抽象的事情上。這是一種理解上的連結，不是說歷史上先有身體、後有這個用法。
noun · C2
A difficult, awkward thing you have to do in order to get something done, especially when it means bending your plans, your words or the rules into an unnatural shape.
一番折騰