单词 | mutilate |
释义 | mutilate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmutilatemu‧ti‧late /ˈmjuːtəleɪt/ verb [transitive]1 INJUREto severely and violently damage someone’s body, especially by cutting or removing part of it The prisoners had been tortured and mutilated. extra protection for mental patients who might mutilate themselves2 DAMAGEto damage or change something so much that it is completely spoiled The sculpture was badly mutilated in the late eighteenth century. —mutilation /ˌmjuːtəˈleɪʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb tableOrigin mutilate (1500-1600) Latin past participle of mutilare, from mutilus “mutilated” |
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