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单词 mangle
释义 mangle

mangle /ˈmæŋ.ɡl̩/

noun [C] (ALSO wringer)
F0 a machine used for pressing water out of clothes by putting the clothes between two heavy, smooth, round barsThesaurus+: ↑Cleaning clothes
verb ↑Verb Endings for mangle
1
F0 [T often passive] to destroy something by twisting it with force or tearing it into pieces so that its original form is completely changed:
» My sweater got mangled in the washing machine.» His arm was mangled in the machine.Thesaurus+: ↑Destroying and demolishing , ↑Damaging and spoiling
2
F0 [T] If you mangle a speech or a piece of written work, you make so many mistakes that you completely spoil it:
» As he read the poem out loud, he mangled the rhythm so badly that it scarcely made any sense.Thesaurus+: ↑Damaging and spoiling , ↑Destroying and demolishingmangled /-ɡl̩d/ adjective
F0» All that remains of yesterday's car crash is a pile of mangled metal.Thesaurus+: ↑In bad condition
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