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单词 garble
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•ble /ˈgɑrbəl/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object], -bled, -bling. 
  1. to distort unintentionally or ignorantly;
    jumble:to garble instructions.
  2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or distort (facts, statements, writings, etc.) so as to change the meaning:to garble a quotation.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•ble  (gärbəl),USA pronunciation v., -bled, -bling, n. 
v.t. 
  1. to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly;
    jumble:to garble instructions.
  2. to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.);
    distort:to garble a quotation.
  3. [Archaic.]to take out the best of.

n. 
  1. the act or process of garbling.
  2. an instance of garbling;
    a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.
  • Late Latin crībellāre, derivative of crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum sieve (see -elle); probably influenced by garboil
  • Arabic gharbala
  • Old Italian garbellare to sift
  • late Middle English garbelen to remove refuse from spices 1400–50
garble•a•ble, adj. 
garbler, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
garble /ˈɡɑːbəl/ vb (transitive)
  1. to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally
  2. to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt
  3. rare to select the best part of
n
  1. the act of garbling
  2. garbled matter
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieve

ˈgarbler n
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