mangle
v[Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
1 damage (sth) greatly, (almost) beyond recognition; mutilate 嚴重損傷(某事物); 使面目全非; 使殘缺不全
the badly mangled bodies of those killed by the explosion 炸得殘缺不全的尸體.
2 (fig 比喻) (of a writer, an actor, etc) badly spoil (a piece of work, performance, etc) (指作家、 演員等)弄糟(作品、 演出等)
a mangled translation 嚴重的誤譯
The symphony was dreadfully mangled. 那首交響樂曲給糟塌得不成樣子.
mangle n machine with rollers used (esp formerly) for squeezing water from or smoothing clothes, etc that have been washed; wringer (衣服)軋乾機, 輾壓機(尤指舊時用滾筒軋擠者). mangle, v [Tn]
put (clothes, etc) through a mangle 用輾壓機輾壓(衣服等).
?? 擴展釋義
*['m??gl]vt. 亂砍, 損壞, 軋布n. 軋布機
?? 同為「GRE」詞匯
dotingadj. 老糊涂的;溺愛的,偏愛的;
v. 溺愛,寵愛,過分地喜愛( dote的現在分詞 );