| 单词 | mangle |
| 释义 | mangle (once / 1468 pages) 1v 2nv When you mangle something, you completely destroy it, by ripping, cutting, crushing, or otherwise mauling it into pieces. You shouldn't leave your new puppy alone in a room with your favorite shoes because he might mangle them with his sharp puppy teeth. A bad accident will mangle your bicycle, bending it beyond repair, and a paper shredder mangles a document by slicing it up. You can also use the word mangle to describe what happens when your uncle's terrible bluegrass band performs a cover of your favorite classic rock song — they mangle it. WORD FAMILYmangle: mangled, mangler, mangles, mangling+/mangler: manglers USAGE EXAMPLES“During all of our work-up, shooting targets, throwing grenades, doing all that, you never once saw kids mangled,” he told me. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) But his book does provide some useful insights into the dangers of propaganda — and its reliance upon mangled facts; false claims; and reductive, Manichaean storytelling. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) In the rubble, remnants of lives still lay: a TV set, a mangled car, a child-size dress. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) 1 1v destroy or injure severely Syn|Hyper cut up, mutilate damage inflict damage upon 2v injure badly by beating Syn|Hyper maul blemish, deface, disfigure mar or spoil the appearance of 3v alter so as to make unrecognizable 2Syn|Hyper murder, mutilate distort, falsify, garble, warp make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story 1n clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers Hyper clothes drier, clothes dryer a dryer that dries clothes wet from washing 2v press with a mangle mangle the sheets Hyper iron, iron out, press press and smooth with a heated iron |
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