| 单词 | mangled |
| 释义 | mangled (once / 1994 pages) adj Something that's mangled is damaged or even ruined from being crushed, torn, or sliced. Your recycling bin will be full of mangled soda cans if you stomp on them with your work boots before tossing them in. Cars can be mangled after a bad accident, and even buildings might be mangled after an explosion. Mangled debris may mark the site of a bomb or plane crash. You can also use this adjective figuratively, to mean "ruined," like when you perform a mangled rendition of your favorite song at the school talent show. Mangled comes from the Old French mangoner, "cut to pieces." WORD FAMILYmangle: mangled, mangler, mangles, mangling+/mangler: manglers USAGE EXAMPLES“During all of our work-up, shooting targets, throwing grenades, doing all that, you never once saw kids mangled,” he told me. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) But his book does provide some useful insights into the dangers of propaganda — and its reliance upon mangled facts; false claims; and reductive, Manichaean storytelling. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) In the rubble, remnants of lives still lay: a TV set, a mangled car, a child-size dress. Washington Post(Dec 18, 2016) adj having edges that are jagged from injury Syn lacerate, lacerated, torn injured harmed |
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