Maul



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 撕裂皮肉, 伤害
• ［英］ v. 撕裂皮肉, 伤害 ( to injure by bearing bruise of; lacerate)
• ［例］ The hunter was mauled by a lion and badly hurt.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English malle mace, maul, from Anglo-French mail, from Latin malleus; akin to Old Church Slavic mlat? hammer, Latin molere to grind — more at meal
• Date: 13th century
• a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges; also a tool like a sledgehammer with one wedge-shaped end that is used to split wood

II. transitive verb

• Date: 13th century
• 1. beat, bruise
• 2. mangle 1
• 3. to handle roughly
• ? mauler noun

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