mangle

🇬🇧 UK/'mæŋgl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To severely damage or disfigure by cutting, tearing, or crushing; to distort or corrupt something

乱砍,撕裂,严重损毁;歪曲,糟蹋

n.

A device with rollers used to wring water from washed laundry

轧布机,绞衣机

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
mangleother
=mangle

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The car accident mangled the vehicle beyond recognition.

  • 2.

    He fed the wet clothes into the old mangle to press and dry them.

  • 3.

    The machinery mangled his hand, leaving him severely injured.

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