mangle

US: /ˈmæŋɡəɫ/
UK: /mˈæŋɡə‍l/


English Vietnamese dictionary


mangle /'mæɳgl/
  • danh từ
    • (nghành dệt) máy cán là
    • ngoại động từ
      • (nghành dệt) cán là (vải)
      • ngoại động từ
        • xé; cắt xơ ra; làm nham nhở, làm sứt sẹo
        • làm hư, làm hỏng, làm xấu đi
        • làm mất hay (bản nhạc, bài thơ... vì chép lại sai); đọc sai, đọc trệch (từ)

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb [VN] [usually passive]
      1 to crush or twist sth so that it is badly damaged: His hand was mangled in the machine.
      2 to spoil sth, for example a poem or a piece of music, by saying it wrongly or playing it badly
      mangled adjective: mangled bodies / remains
      + noun (also wringer) a machine with two ROLLERS (1) used especially in the past for squeezing the water out of clothes that had been washed

      Thesaurus dictionary


      v.
      destroy, mutilate, butcher, deform, disfigure, spoil, mar, ruin, wreck; cut, hack, lacerate, chop (up), crush, damage, cripple, maim:
      Don't you hate the way they mangle the English language? His hand was badly mangled in the accident.

      Concise English dictionary


      mangles|mangled|mangling'mæŋgl
      noun
      +clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers
      verb
      +press with a mangle
      +injure badly by beating
      +alter so as to make unrecognizable
      +destroy or injure severely