mutilate

mutilate
verb
  1. [with obj.](一般作 be mutilated)inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on
    (以暴力)严重伤害(或使残废);使(肢体)残缺不全
    Brian's body was badly mutilated.
    布赖恩的身体受到严重伤害。
    [as adj. mutilated]mutilated bodies.
    残缺不全的尸体。
    ■inflict serious damage on
    严重损坏
    the 14th-century church had been partly mutilated in the 18th century.
    这座建于14世纪的教堂在18世纪时部分遭到严重破坏。
派生
mutilation
noun
mutilator
noun
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: from Latin mutilat- 'maimed, mutilated, lopped off', from the verb mutilare, from mutilus 'maimed'
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