及物动词

1. 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.

2. （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.

3. (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.

1. clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers