名詞 mangle:

1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

動(dòng)詞 mangle:

1. press with a mangle
2. injure badly by beating
   同義詞：maul
3. alter so as to make unrecognizable
   同義詞：mutilate, murder
4. destroy or injure severely
   同義詞：mutilate, cut up

1. There are many badly mangled bodies of those killed by the explosion.
   那有許多在爆炸中被炸得殘缺不全的尸體。
2. The symphony was dreadfully mangled.
   那首交響樂(lè)曲給糟蹋得不成樣子。

mangle

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
man.gled,man.gling,man.gles
To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing.See Synonyms at batter
亂切，亂打：用擊打、壓、切或撕的方式使殘缺不全或形狀破損參見(jiàn) batter
To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance:
損毀：由于愚蠢或疏忽視而毀壞或損傷：
例句：
mangle a speech.
發(fā)言晦澀難懂

來(lái)源：
Middle English manglen
中古英語(yǔ) manglen
from Anglo-Norman mangler
源自 英法語(yǔ) mangler
frequentative of Old French mangoner [to cut to bits]
古法語(yǔ) mangoner的重復(fù) [切成塊狀]
; akin to possibly akin to mahaignier [to maim] * see maim
；類似于 可能類似于 mahaignier [使受重創(chuàng)] *參見(jiàn) maim

【引伸】
man.gler
n.（名詞）

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mangle
mangle 2

n.（名詞）
A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
軋布機(jī)：用熱圓柱來(lái)加工纖維的機(jī)器
Chiefly British A clothes wringer.
【多用于英國(guó)】 絞衣機(jī)：用于絞衣的機(jī)器
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
man.gled,man.gling,man.gles
To press with a mangle.
軋壓：用軋布機(jī)來(lái)軋壓

來(lái)源：
Dutch mangel
荷蘭語(yǔ) mangel
from German
源自 德語(yǔ)
from Middle High German [diminutive of] mange [mangonel]
源自 中古高地德語(yǔ) [] mange的小后綴 [射石機(jī)]
from Late Latin manganum [catapult] * see mangonel
源自 后期拉丁語(yǔ) manganum [彈弓] *參見(jiàn) mangonel