英语词汇“mangle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

manglemangle1 /ˈmæŋgəl/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYmangle¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Anglo-French mangler, from Old French maynier

VERB TABLE

mangle

Simple Form
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

Continuous Form
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

1[often passive] to damage or injure something badly by crushing or twisting it: A mangled bicycle lay by the railroad tracks.2to spoil something, especially what someone has said or written: his ability to mangle the English language [Origin: 1300–1400 Anglo-French mangler, from Old French maynier]

verb | noun

manglemangle2 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYmangle²

Origin: 1600-1700 Middle Dutch mangel, from Middle High German mange mangle, military weapon for throwing rocks

a machine with two rollers, used in the past to remove water from washed clothes