单词 | mangle |
释义 | man·gle 1 ![]() tr.v. man·gled, man·gling, man·gles 1. To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing: fishing nets that mangle fish. 2. To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance: mangle a speech. [Middle English manglen, from Anglo-Norman mangler, frequentative of Old French mangoner, to cut to bits; possibly akin to mahaignier, to maim; see MAYHEM.] mangler n. Synonyms: mangle, maim1, maul, mutilate These verbs mean to cause severe injury or damage: machinery that mangled the worker's fingers; a construction worker maimed in an accident; a hiker mauled by a hungry bear; soldiers mutilated by shrapnel. |
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