| 单词 | mangle |
| 释义 | mangle 1. n. & v. esp. Brit. hist. --n a machine having two or more cylinders usu. turned by a handle, between which wet clothes etc. are squeezed and pressed. --vtr. press (clothes etc.) in a mangle. Etymology: Du. mangel(stok) f. mangelen to mangle, ult. f. Gk magganon + stok staff, STOCK 2. v.tr. 1. hack, cut about, or mutilate by blows etc. 2. spoil (a quotation, text, etc.) by misquoting, mispronouncing, etc. 3. cut roughly so as to disfigure. Derivatives mangler n. Etymology: AF ma(ha)ngler, app. frequent. of mahaignier MAIM |
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