maul

verb

/mɔːl/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they maul	/mɔːl/ /mɔːl/
he / she / it mauls	/mɔːlz/ /mɔːlz/
past simple mauled	/mɔːld/ /mɔːld/
past participle mauled	/mɔːld/ /mɔːld/
-ing form mauling	/ˈmɔːlɪŋ/ /ˈmɔːlɪŋ/

maul somebody (of an animal动物) to attack and injure somebody by tearing their body袭击；撕咬 synonym savage
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- badly
- brutally
- severely
- …
maul somebody/something to touch somebody/something in an unpleasant and/or violent way粗手粗脚地摆弄；粗暴地对待
- She was mauled by guards at the border.她在边境被卫兵打伤了。
maul something/somebody to criticize something/somebody severely and publicly狠狠地批评；猛烈抨击 synonym savage
maul somebody (informal) to defeat somebody easily轻易击败

synonym thrash (3)

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘hammer or wooden club’, also ‘strike with a heavy weapon’): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus ‘hammer’.