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词条 Twist
释义

  1. In arts and entertainment

      Film and stage    Music    Other media  

  2. Finance

  3. Mathematics, science, and technology

  4. People

  5. Places

  6. In sport

  7. Other uses

  8. See also

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Twist may refer to:

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In arts and entertainment

Film and stage

  • Twist (film), a 2003 independent film loosely based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
  • The Twist (film), a 1976 film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol
  • Twist (stage play), a 1995 stage thriller by Miles Tredinnick
  • Twist, the main character on television series The Fresh Beat Band and its spin-off Fresh Beat Band of Spies
  • Oliver Twist (disambiguation), name of several film, television, and musical adaptations based on Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist
  • Jack Twist, a character in the 2005 film Brokeback Mountain
  • Twist Morgan, a character in the television series Spaced

Music

  • Twist (album), a 1994 album by New Zealand singer-songwriter Dave Dobbyn
  • The Twist (album), a 1984 album by Danish indiepop band Gangway
  • "The Twist" (song), a song by Hank Ballard, covered by Chubby Checker, a hit in 1960
  • "The Twist", a song from the album Grow Up and Blow Away by Metric
  • "The Twist", a song from the album Coming Back Hard Again by hip hop band The Fat Boys
  • "Twist" (Phish song), from the 2000 album Farmhouse by Phish
  • "Twist" (Goldfrapp song), a single from the 2003 album Black Cherry by Goldfrapp
  • Twist, an album by Chris & Cosey
  • "Twist" (KoRn song), from the 1996 album Life Is Peachy by metal band Korn
  • "Twisting", a song from the album Flood by They Might Be Giants
  • Twist (band), a rock band from Birmingham, England, UK

Other media

  • Twist ending, an unexpected conclusion or climax to a work of fiction
  • Twist (magazine), an American teen magazine
  • Twist (novel), a novel by Harkaitz Cano
  • Twist (Östergren novel), a novel by Klas Östergren
  • Oliver Twist, a novel by Charles Dickens, and its main character
  • Alexander "Chimp" Twist, a minor character from P. G. Wodehouse

Finance

  • Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST), a non-profit financial industry standards group
  • Operation Twist, an effort (in 1961, and again in 2011) by the U.S. Federal Reserve to lower long-term interest rates

Mathematics, science, and technology

  • Twist (mathematics) a geometric quantity associated with a ribbon
  • Twist (screw theory), in applied mathematics and physics
  • Twist (software), a test automation solution by ThoughtWorks Studios
  • Ellipse Twist, a French hang glider
  • Twist fungus (Dilophospora alopecuri)
  • Twisting properties, in statistics
  • Twist transcription factor, a gene protein

People

  • Barry McGee (born 1966), also known as Twist, painter and graffiti artist
  • Tony Twist (born 1968), Canadian hockey player
  • Leroy "Twist" Casey (born 1973), disk jockey

Places

  • Twist, Arkansas, a city in the United States
  • Twist, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony

In sport

  • Aerial twist, an acrobatic maneuver in gymnastics
  • Twist lifts, a type of lift in pairs figure skating

Other uses

  • Twist (cocktail garnish), a decorative piece of citrus zest
  • Twist (dance), a rock and roll dance
  • Twist (poker), a special round in some variants of stud poker
  • Twist (ride), a popular amusement ride, often seen on travelling funfairs
  • Twist (confectionery), a Norwegian bag of sweets, now produced in Sweden
  • French twist (hairstyle), a hair styling technique
  • Twist tobacco, a type of chewing tobacco

See also

  • Twisted (disambiguation)
  • Twister (disambiguation)
  • Torque
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