maul

maul
verb
  1. [with obj.](of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing
    （动物）咬伤，抓伤
    a man was mauled by a lion at London Zoo.
    一名男子在伦敦动物园被狮子咬伤。
    ■treat (something) roughly
    粗暴对待
    ■handle (someone) roughly, especially in pursuit of sexual gratification
    粗暴玩弄（尤指为性满足）
    she hated being mauled around by macho chauvinist pigs.
    她讨厌自己受到那些大男子主义猪猡的粗暴玩弄。
    ■(informal)defeat heavily in a game or match
    (非正式)（比赛）惨败
    the team were mauled 4-0 by Manchester City.
    该队被曼城队以4比0打得惨败。
    ■subject to fierce or damaging criticism
    抨击，责难
    [as noun mauling]he faces a mauling at next week's conference.
    在下周的会议上他面临着一场责难。
    ■[no obj.](Rugby Union)take part in a maul
    (英橄)抢球
noun
  1. (Rugby Union)a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground
    (英橄)围挤抢球。 比较 ruck
  2. another term for beetle (in sense 1)
    同 beetle (义项1)
语源
  1. Middle English (in the sense 'hammer or wooden club', also 'strike with a heavy weapon'): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus 'hammer'
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