单词 | maul |
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音标 | [mɔ:l] |
解释 | v.撕裂皮肉,伤害 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 撕裂皮肉,伤害(to injure by bearing bruise of; lacerate) 【例】 The hunter was mauled by a lion and badly hurt. |
字源 | maul (v.) mid-13c., meallen "strike with a heavy weapon," from Middle English mealle (mid-13c.) "mace, wooden club, heavy hammer" (see maul (n.). The meaning "damage seriously, mangle" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Mauled; mauling. maul (n.) c.1200, mealle, "hammer, usually a heavy one; sledgehammer," from Old French mail "hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (see mallet). |
不择手段背单词 | v. 撕裂皮肉 【记】读: 猫+l, 猫的爪子向下抓一下, 动作象 l. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】音:矛,l 象根长矛,用矛来扎伤别人;mallet 槌;音:毛,毛手毛脚地弄 |
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