mangle

英 [ˈmæŋɡl]

美 [ˈmæŋɡl]

v. 压碎; 撕烂; 严重损坏; 糟蹋(如蹩脚的诗朗诵或拙劣的演奏)
n. (尤指旧时的)轧布机，轧液机

过去分词：mangled　过去式：mangled　现在分词：mangling　复数：mangles　第三人称单数：mangles　

Collins.1 / BNC.22996 / COCA.19177

牛津词典

verb

压碎；撕烂；严重损坏
to crush or twist sth so that it is badly damaged
1. His hand was mangled in the machine.
  他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
糟蹋（如蹩脚的诗朗诵或拙劣的演奏）
to spoil sth, for example a poem or a piece of music, by saying it wrongly or playing it badly

noun

（尤指旧时的）轧布机，轧液机
a machine with two rollers(1) used especially in the past for squeezing the water out of clothes that had been washed

VERB 毁坏;损坏;使残缺不全
If a physical objectis mangled, it is crushed or twisted very forcefully, so that it is difficult to see what its original shape was.
1. His body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition.
  他的身体被压得血肉模糊，根本无法辨认。
2. ...the mangled wreckage.
  面目全非的残骸
VERB （因发音、书写错误或表达不清晰而）扭曲，改变（词语、信息的意思）
If you say that someonemangleswords or information, you are criticizing them for not speaking or writing clearly or correctly.
1. There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it...
  几乎再简单的话他也表达不清。
2. They don't know what they're talking about and mangle scientific information.
  他们不知所云，把科学知识讲得错误百出。
(旧时由两个木制滚筒辗压衣服的）轧干机，脱水机
Amangleis an old-fashioned machine for removing water from clothes that have been washed. The clothes are squeezed between two wooden cylinders.

noun

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

verb

destroy or injure severely
1. The madman mutilates art work
Synonym:mutilatecut up
alter so as to make unrecognizable
1. The tourists murdered the French language
Synonym:mutilatemurder
injure badly by beating
Synonym:maul
press with a mangle
1. mangle the sheets