maul

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maul /mɔːl $ mɒːl/ verb [transitiveT] → mall

1 ATTACKif an animal mauls someone, it injures them badly by tearing their flesh 〔动物〕袭击，撕咬

A mentally ill man was mauled after climbing into the lions’ enclosure at London Zoo.

一个精神病人爬进伦敦动物园的狮子围场后遭狮子袭击。

2 CRITICIZEto strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc 抨击〔尤对新书、新戏剧等〕

Her latest book was absolutely mauled by the critics.

她的新书被评论家们批得体无完肤。

3 SYto touch someone in a rough sexual way which they think is unpleasant 对〔某人〕粗野地动手动脚

What makes you think you’ve got the right to maul me like that?

你凭什么认为你可以对我那样动手动脚的？

4 informal to defeat someone very easily – used especially in sports reports 轻松击败〔尤用于体育报道中〕

Stanford have looked quite good lately. They absolutely mauled Notre Dame last weekend.

斯坦福大学队最近表现很好，他们上周末轻松击败了圣母大学队。

—mauling noun [singular]

Brown got a mauling over the government’s failure to fulfil its promises.

布朗因政府未兑现承诺而饱受批评。

Examples from the Corpus

maul• Tiny Tabard's hopes were dashed after taking a 7-0 lead as they were mauled 50-13 by mighty Northampton.• A six-year-old boy was mauled by a mountain lion.• Slabs of dough lay covered under a gauzy fabric, waiting to be pummeled and mauled by Mrs Bay.• His ads mauling Feinstein were brutal, as were hers in return.• The offending picture was confiscated and Professor Jones was mauled for permitting its exhibition.• The assailant approached another woman on Baden Avenue near Maple Avenue, grabbed her shoulders, kissed and mauled her.• Cincinnati mauled the Oilers 41-14 at Riverfront Stadium.

Origin maul

(1300-1400) maul “hammer” ((13-20 centuries)), from Old French mail, from Latin malleus

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