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Mangle Shoes Puppy Favorite Verb 动词 Crushed D

英语单词 mangle
英美音标 英 ['mæŋɡl] 美 ['mæŋɡl]
中文释义 v.碾压;损坏;糟蹋;乱切
n.碾压机
英语例句 (1) New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle his feet.
(2) The symphony was dreadfully mangled.
(3) The plane is late; it is going to mangle your schedule for the day.
中文例句 (1) 新鞋子不会硌脚,起泡,或让脚受伤。
(2) 那首交响乐曲给糟蹋得不成样子。
(3) 航班延误了,而它将影响你一整天的行程。
vocabulary简明 When you mangle something, you completely destroy it, by ripping, cutting, crushing, or otherwise mauling it into pieces.
vocabulary扩展 You shouldn't leave your new puppy alone in a room with your favorite shoes because he might mangle them with his sharp puppy teeth. A bad accident will mangle your bicycle, bending it beyond repair, and a paper shredder mangles a document by slicing it up. You can also use the word mangle to describe what happens when your uncle's terrible bluegrass band performs a cover of your favorite classic rock song — they mangle it.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]毁坏;损坏;使残缺不全 If a physical object is mangled, it is crushed or twisted very forcefully, so that it is difficult to see what its original shape was.
  [be V-ed]
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  [usu passive]
  • His body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition.

    他的身体被压得血肉模糊,根本无法辨认。

  • ...the mangled wreckage.

    面目全非的残骸

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[VERB 动词](因发音、书写错误或表达不清晰而)扭曲,改变(词语、信息的意思) If you say that someone mangles words or information, you are criticizing them for not speaking or writing clearly or correctly.
  [V n]
  [disapproval]
  • There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it...

    几乎再简单的话他也表达不清。

  • They don't know what they're talking about and mangle scientific information.

    他们不知所云,把科学知识讲得错误百出。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词](旧时由两个木制滚筒辗压衣服的)轧干机,脱水机 A mangle is an old-fashioned machine for removing water from clothes that have been washed. The clothes are squeezed between two wooden cylinders.

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