เบือน(beuuan)
Meanings
1VerbB2
[to] turn aside/away; avert
to turn aside or turn away (one’s face, body, or attention), often to avoid looking directly
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)พูดถึงpôot tĕungพูดถึงpôot tĕung1talk about; mention; bring up2speaking of ...; regarding ...เรื่องrêuuangเรื่องrêuuang1matter; issue; subject2story; tale3about; regarding (as a topic marker)4classifier for stories/films/casesเก่าๆgào gàoเก่าๆgào gàoold; oldish (reduplicated)เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerเบือนหน้าbeuuan nâaเบือนหน้าbeuuan nâa1[to] turn one's face away2[to] turn away from [sb]/[sth]; [to] shunไปbpaiไปbpai1[to] go2away; off (directional complement/particle)3(aspect) continuation into the future4gone; past (serial verb use)ทางtaangทางtaang1direction; side2method; means; manner3classifier: roads/routes/ways4side/party (institutional)5by; via; through (means or channel)6way; route; road; pathอื่นèunอื่นèun1other; different; else2else; otherwise (as a modifying element)3others; other people/thingsทันทีtan teeทันทีtan tee1immediately; at once2as soon as; the moment that (ทันทีที่)
As soon as I mentioned the old story, he immediately turned his face away.
2VerbC1
[to] distort; misrepresent
to twist or present something in a way that changes its true meaning
Examples
นักข่าวnák kàaoนักข่าวnák kàaojournalist; reporterพยายามpà-yaa-yaamพยายามpà-yaa-yaam[to] try; attemptเบือนbeuuanเบือนbeuuan1[to] turn aside/away; avert2[to] distort; misrepresentประเด็นสำคัญbprà-den săm-kanประเด็นสำคัญbprà-den săm-kanmain point; key issueเพื่อให้pêuua hâiเพื่อให้pêuua hâiso that; in order thatเรื่องราวrêuuang raaoเรื่องราวrêuuang raao1story; tale2matter; affair; incidentดูdooดูdoo1consult; get advice from2try; have a go3[to] divine; tell fortune4[to] examine; check; inspect5[to] seem; appear6[to] look; watch; seeน่าสนใจnâa sŏn jaiน่าสนใจnâa sŏn jai1interesting2worth considering; appealingขึ้นkêunขึ้นkêun1[to] go up; rise; ascend2[to] increase3[to] board; get on4inceptive/result: start to; become5northward/up-country6result complement: upward/better7[to] sprout; grow; appear
The reporter tried to twist the main point to make the story seem more interesting.