Mangle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 撕成碎片, 压碎
• ［英］ v. 撕成碎片, 压碎 ( to mutilate or disfigure by hacking or crushing; maim)
• ［同］ 近形词: mingle ( 混合) ; wangle ( 哄骗) ; tangle ( 纠缠)
• ［例］ My kite was mangled when it blew into the tree.

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (~d; mangling)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, mahangler, perhaps from mahaigner to maim — more at mayhem
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing zuoxiepeople…~d by sharks — V. G. Heiseryouxie
• 2. to spoil, injure, or make incoherent especially through ineptitude zuoxiea story ~d beyond recognitionyouxie
• Synonyms: see maim
• ? ~r noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange mangonel, ~, from Latin manganum
• Date: 1696
• a machine for ironing laundry by passing it between heated rollers

III. transitive verb (~d; mangling)

• Date: circa 1775
• to press or smooth (as damp linen) with a ~
• ? ~r noun

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