maul

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmaulmaul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [transitive] 1 ATTACKif an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo.2 CRITICIZEto strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc Her latest book was absolutely mauled by the critics.3 SYto touch someone in a rough sexual way which they think is unpleasant What makes you think you’ve got the right to maul me like that?4 informal to defeat someone very easily – used especially in sports reports Stanford have looked quite good lately. They absolutely mauled Notre Dame last weekend. —mauling noun [singular] Brown got a mauling over the government’s failure to fulfil its promises.→ See Verb tableOrigin maul (1300-1400) maul “hammer” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French mail, from Latin malleus

单词	maul
释义	maul From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmaulmaul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [transitive] 1 ATTACKif an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo.2 CRITICIZEto strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc Her latest book was absolutely mauled by the critics.3 SYto touch someone in a rough sexual way which they think is unpleasant What makes you think you’ve got the right to maul me like that?4 informal to defeat someone very easily – used especially in sports reports Stanford have looked quite good lately. They absolutely mauled Notre Dame last weekend. —mauling noun [singular] Brown got a mauling over the government’s failure to fulfil its promises.→ See Verb tableOrigin maul (1300-1400) maul “hammer” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French mail, from Latin malleus
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