Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense mangles, present participle mangling, past tense, past participle mangled
1VERB [usually passive]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. 毁坏;损坏;使残缺不全
His body was crushed and mangled beyond recognition. [beVERB-ed]
2VERB (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. (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) [disapproval]
There is almost no phrase so simple that he cannot mangle it. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
3N-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. (旧时由两个木制滚筒辗压衣服的)轧干机,脱水机