mutilate

英['mjuːtɪleɪt]美['mjuːtɪleɪt]
  • v. 切断(手足等)；使残缺不全；毁坏

    • 记忆方法

    词源记忆法
    来自拉丁语mutilus，使残的，可能来自PIE*mai，砍，切，词源同maim，mangle.引申词义使残废。
      verb(动词)
      1. 使残缺不全；使伤残
      2. 毁坏，使支离破碎

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 使残缺不全；使伤残

      Her body had been mutilated beyond recognition.

      她的尸体已经被毁得无法辨认。

      Self-hatred apparently drove her to mutilate her own face.

      显然是自我憎恨使她自毁面容。

    2. 毁坏，使支离破碎

      They have mutilated a beautiful film by making these changes.

      经过他们的这些改动，一部好看的电影变得支离破碎。

    小知识

    Mutilate is a verb that means to injure or ruin, usually in a brutal or messy way. If you drop a cantaloupe into a wood chipper, you'll mutilate that poor melon, with chunks of fruit and rind flying everywhere.

    Mutilate can also mean altering an object so it's unrecognizable. Once you mutilate something, it'll no longer resemble its original form. Celebrities who get too much plastic surgery are said to mutilate their faces, because they no longer look like themselves. Mutilate can also describe causing a disfiguring injury. Monsters and evil villains in horror movies tend to mutilate their victims instead of neatly murdering them.

    实用短语

    1. assassinate and mutilate

      奸讦地谋害与毁灭

    2. mutilate a doll

      虐待小人

    3. mutilate e

      切断,残害,使残缺不全

    4. to mutilate

      变造

    5. mutilate a book

      把书删改得支离破碎

    6. assassinate mutilate

      奸讦地谋害与毁灭

    7. mutilate–

      毁伤

    8. mutilate us

      唱片名

    同义词

    vt.切;切断

    cut  /  break  /  amputate  /  clip  /  tear  /  of  /  lacerate

    其他释义

    break  /  cut  /  amputate  /  scotch  /  cripple  /  butcher  /  dismember  /  clip  /  tear  /  of  /  lacerate

    同根词

    词根：mutilate

    adj.

    mutilated残缺的；破坏的

    n.

    mutilation毁损；残缺；切断

    mutilator毁损者，切断者

    v.

    mutilated切断；使残废（mutilate的过去分词）