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mangled

/mang-guhl/US // ˈmæŋ gəl //UK // (ˈmæŋɡəl) //

错综复杂的,乱七八糟的,错综复杂,错乱的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    man·gled, man·gling.

    • : to injure severely, disfigure, or mutilate by cutting, slashing, or crushing: The coat sleeve was mangled in the gears of the machine.
    • : to spoil; ruin; mar badly: to mangle a text by careless typesetting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmutilate, deform

Examples

  • Multiple mishaps have mangled the region’s rollout of vaccine doses that an exhausted citizenry expects will end the pandemic.

  • The incident — which officials described as an “intentional act” and “deliberate bomb” — left dozens of buildings mangled and sent three people to the hospital with what police said were noncritical injuries.

  • For six hours a week, you laugh, cry, learn, feel, mangle simple phrases and otherwise get out of your rut.

  • Thanks to that meddling Franklin and the other editors, Jefferson thought his Declaration had been “mangled.”

  • The gossip site posted video of a seriously injured comedian riding with the star being pulled out of a mangled car.

  • Instead, slightly mangled bodies of injured soldiers and citizens appeared, slowly being put back together.

  • His mangled body was spotted by a passenger on a subsequent train.

  • The writer-for-TV, Chayefsky said, had his words mangled, and was treated with a mixture of mock deference and outright contempt.

  • The mangled bodies were hurried to the catacombs, and thrown into an indiscriminate heap of corruption.

  • When the body was carried into the house, the distracted woman refused to recognize in the mangled remains her big, strong "Jack."

  • Ward pulled the shroud back, revealing a horribly mangled body.

  • Next day the poor young fellow's corpse, bruised and mangled, was found a mile down the river.

  • The silks should not be wrung, but well shaken and hung up smoothly to dry, and mangled while damp.