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VERB
毀壞;損壞;使殘缺不全
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.
他的身體被壓得血肉模糊，根本無(wú)法辨認(rèn)。
...the mangled wreckage.
面目全非的殘骸
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VERB
（因發(fā)音、書(shū)寫(xiě)錯(cuò)誤或表達(dá)不清晰而）扭曲，改變（詞語(yǔ)、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...
幾乎再簡(jiǎn)單的話(huà)他也表達(dá)不清。
They don't know what they're talking about and mangle scientific information.
他們不知所云，把科學(xué)知識(shí)講得錯(cuò)誤百出。
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N-COUNT
(舊時(shí)由兩個(gè)木制滾筒輾壓衣服的）軋干機(jī)，脫水機(jī)
A mangle is an old-fashioned machine for removing water from clothes that have been washed. The clothes are squeezed between two wooden cylinders.