释义 |
mangleman‧gle1 /ˈmæŋɡəl/ verb [transitive] mangle1Origin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French mangler, from Old French maynier; ➔ MAIM VERB TABLEmangle |
Present | I, you, we, they | mangle | | he, she, it | mangles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mangled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mangled | | he, she, it | has mangled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mangled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mangle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mangled |
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Present | I | am mangling | | he, she, it | is mangling | | you, we, they | are mangling | Past | I, he, she, it | was mangling | | you, we, they | were mangling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mangling | | he, she, it | has been mangling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mangling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mangling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mangling |
- A mangled bicycle lay by the railroad tracks.
- People joke about Branston's ability to mangle the English language.
- As far as anybody knew, he'd mangled himself while helping a friend with some car repairs.
- He had mangled his hand in machinery at the potato mill.
- The impact had mangled the plane but not caused a fire.
- Those of an unkind disposition might argue that mangling a non-first-class attack is not an especially big deal.
► mangled/tangled/twisted wreckage· Recovery teams continue to clear the tangled wreckage. 1to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it: The trap closed round her leg, badly mangling her ankle.2to spoil something such as a speech or piece of music, by saying or playing it badly: The orchestra had mangled Bach’s music.—mangled adjective [only before noun]: the mangled remains of the aircraft |