mangle

名词 mangle:

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

动词 mangle:

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

1. There are many badly mangled bodies of those killed by the explosion.
   那有许多在爆炸中被炸得残缺不全的尸体。
2. The symphony was dreadfully mangled.
   那首交响乐曲给糟蹋得不成样子。

mangle

v.tr.（及物动词）
man.gled,man.gling,man.gles
To mutilate or disfigure by battering, hacking, cutting, or tearing.See Synonyms at batter
乱切，乱打：用击打、压、切或撕的方式使残缺不全或形状破损参见 batter
To ruin or spoil through ineptitude or ignorance:
损毁：由于愚蠢或疏忽视而毁坏或损伤：
例句：
mangle a speech.
发言晦涩难懂

来源：
Middle English manglen
中古英语 manglen
from Anglo-Norman mangler
源自 英法语 mangler
frequentative of Old French mangoner [to cut to bits]
古法语 mangoner的重复 [切成块状]
; akin to possibly akin to mahaignier [to maim] * see maim
；类似于 可能类似于 mahaignier [使受重创] *参见 maim

【引伸】
man.gler
n.（名词）

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mangle
mangle 2

n.（名词）
A machine for pressing fabrics by means of heated rollers.
轧布机：用热圆柱来加工纤维的机器
Chiefly British A clothes wringer.
【多用于英国】 绞衣机：用于绞衣的机器
v.tr.（及物动词）
man.gled,man.gling,man.gles
To press with a mangle.
轧压：用轧布机来轧压

来源：
Dutch mangel
荷兰语 mangel
from German
源自 德语
from Middle High German [diminutive of] mange [mangonel]
源自 中古高地德语 [] mange的小后缀 [射石机]
from Late Latin manganum [catapult] * see mangonel
源自 后期拉丁语 manganum [弹弓] *参见 mangonel