| 释义 |
man·gle
I. \ˈmaŋgəl, -aiŋ-\ transitive verb
(mangled ; mangled ; mangling \-g(ə)liŋ\ ; mangles)
Etymology: Middle English manglen, from Anglo-French mangler, freq. of Old French mahaignier, maynier to maim — more at maim
1.
a. : to cut, bruise, or hack with repeated blows or strokes : make a ragged or torn wound or series of wounds on
< the trees had been whittled and chewed and mangled with a dull ax — Wallace Stegner >
< rocks mangled the feet of the animals — American Guide Series: Nevada >
b. : to destroy the shape of by a violent blow or crash
< the mangled coaches — Associated Press >
2. : to spoil, mutilate, or make incoherent through bungling, ignorance, or deliberate falsification
< mangling a phrase out of its true context — F.L.Mott >
< they altered the sequence, they mangled the text — Barbara Ward >
< the pianist mangled the concerto >
Synonyms: see maim
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Spanish, from Taino
1. : mangrove
2. : any of several trees or shrubs (as Avicennia nitida and Laguncularia racemosa) that resemble the mango
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Dutch mangel, from German, from Middle High German, diminutive of mange mangonel, mangle, from Late Latin manganum — more at mangonel
1. : a machine for ironing laundry work by passing it between heated rollers
2. : a machine for applying starch or other sizing material to textiles and then smoothing and drying them
3. : a machine resembling a hand wringer for rolling rubber latex into sheets
4. : a cylinder machine that makes stereotype molds from dry flong by impressing it on a form
5. : padder 1b
IV. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Dutch mangelen, from German mangeln, from mangel, n.
: to press or smooth (as damp linen) with a mangle |