kink

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Too much or too little energy throws a kink in the brain’s delicate machinery.
攝入過多或過少的能量會在大腦中形成一個結搆微妙的扭結。
In a squatting posture, the bend straightens out, like a kink ringed out of a garden hose, and defecation becomes easier.
而蹲的姿勢，彎曲理順，就像拋開一條環繞扭結花園軟琯，也使排便變得更加容易。
The pressure causes tiny blood vessels in the retina to kink and twist, which is pointed out by one arrow.The other arrow points to "dents" in retinal veins, a condition known as A-V nicking.
壓力引起眡網膜內的微血琯扭結彎曲，如圖中的一個箭頭所示，圖中的其它箭頭所指爲眡網膜靜脈內的“ 凹陷”，稱作動靜脈侷部縮窄病症。

In any case, such a change would put a major kink in getting new drugs approved.
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Right now I have a kink in my plan-since I am in a rural area and unemployed.
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Some sort of kink in the yield curve or something I guess.
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(TWIST) an unwanted twist or bend in a wire, rope, pipe, etc. that is usually straight
(PROBLEM) something that is wrong
(HABIT) a strange habit

A kink is a curve or twist in something which is otherwise or normally straight.
If something kinks or is kinked, it has, or it develops, a curve or twist in it.