| 词汇 | mangle |
| 释义 | mangle verb uk /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/ [ Toften passive ] to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its original form is completely changed: 绞坏；撕烂 My sweater got mangled in the washing machine.我的毛衣被洗衣机绞坏了。 His arm was mangled in the machine.他的手臂被机器绞得血肉模糊。 [ T ] If you mangle a speech or a piece of written work, you make so many mistakes that you completely spoil it: （因错误太多而）损坏，弄糟 As he read the poem out loud, he mangled the rhythm so badly that it hardly made any sense.他朗读这首诗时完全不合韵律，致使诗歌听上去毫无意义。 Destroying and demolishing annihilate annihilation apocalypse bash bash through (something) be sacrificed on the altar of somethingidiom costly dynamite erosion erosional erosionally erosive saboteur sack sacking sacrifice scarred self-destruct sink wipe You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Damaging and spoiling Related wordmangled mangle noun[ C ] uk /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/ us /ˈmæŋ.ɡəl/(alsowringer) a machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy, smooth, round bars衣物轧干机 ctbctb8/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Cleaning clothes airer boil care label cleaner clothes brush clothes horse delouse front-loader handwash iron box ironing ironing board spin-dry spin-dryer starch steam iron trouser press tumble dryer washing washing machine mangle | American Dictionarymangle verb[ T ] us/ˈmæŋ·ɡəl/ to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it so that its original form is changed: His car was mangled when it slammed head-on into a semitrailer truck. fig. The text was so mangled in translation that it was impossible to be sure of the meaning. Examples of manglemangle What can it mean to mangle the specific ideas that each has come to stand for? Following the lead of early modern composers, who griped that printers mangled their work and printing devalued it, source studies privileged manuscripts over prints. The form that was doomed to be so frightfully mangled, was the sight; the immortal creature that was to be so butchered and torn asunder, yielded the sensation. The matron was also supposed to deliver food and firewood to the needy in the community, and also to run the letting of a mangle to people in the neighbourhood. The whole purpose of the parliamentary mangle, or anvil, or whatever one calls it, is to discuss exactly such problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am talking about a modern pit, with very expensive equipment, mangling coal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One puts common sense through the mangle—and heaven knows what will come out at the other end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any attempt to control them by a uniform set of rules must risk mangling one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember as a boy that my grandmother had a mangle. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is rather like having a mangle in the house or any other such article. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But put these elementary and self-evident facts through the mangle of your present financial system, and see how they come out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a washing mangle in the middle of the room. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that the trustees would have the government director's fingers well and truly stuck in their mangle, and a very good thing too. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of these publications even come in via one of these new-fangled mangles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Among the articles will be found electric kettles, smoothing irons, interval timers, kitchen scales, wringers, and mangles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of mangle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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