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VERB
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.
例句
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
(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.
例句
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
(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.