英和和英

名詞

time warp (複数形 time warps)

1. (science fiction) A hypothetical discontinuity in the flow of time that would uncausally move events from one time period to another.
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     But as the reports on the Bild investigation suggest, the company’s workplace culture may be stuck in a time warp.

2. (dance, preceded by definite article) A line dance popularized by the movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which the dancers take a jump to the left, a step to the right, put their hands on their hips, bend their knees, thrust their pelvises, spin in a circle, jump forward and back, and wiggle.
3. (video games) Acceleration of in-game time relative to real-world time.

動詞

time warp (三人称単数 現在形 time warps, 現在分詞 time warping, 過去形および過去分詞形 time warped)

1. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To travel through time in such a manner.
2. (intransitive) To perform the time warp dance.

Further reading

• time travel in fiction on Wikipedia.
• Time Warp (song) on Wikipedia.