maul 袭击，撕咬；对〔某人〕粗野地动手动脚；抨击〔新书、新戏剧等〕

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maul
maul / mɔːl /
verb
[VN]
1. (of an animal 动物) to attack and injure sb by tearing their flesh
   袭击；撕咬
   SYN   savage
2. to touch sb / sth in an unpleasant and / or violent way
   粗手粗脚地摆弄；粗暴地对待
3. to criticize sth / sb severely and publicly
   狠狠地批评；猛烈抨击
SYN   savage
4. (informal)  to defeat sb easily
   轻易击败
SYN   trash
• maul·ing noun [sing.] :
   The play received a mauling from the critics.
   这出戏受到了剧评人无情的抨击。
   They face a mauling by last year's winners.
   他们面临去年的优胜强手的严重威胁。

maul
/ mɔl ; mɔːl /
◙verb [T]
1. if 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关狮子的围场后遭狮子袭击。
2. to strongly criticize something, especially a new book, play etc
• 抨击〔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. to 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?
  你凭什么认为你有权对我动手动脚？
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 [sing.]
»Juppe got a mauling over the government's failure to fulfil its promises.
  贾普因政府未兑现承诺饱受批评。

maul
I. noun
also mall or mawl \ˈmȯl\
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English malle, mell, from Old French mail hammer, maul, from Latin malleus hammer; akin to Latin molere to grind — more at meal
1.
a. : a weapon in the form of a heavy club often with a metal-studded head : mace
b. : a heavy hammer often with a wooden head; especially : one (as a beetle, mallet, or sledge) used for driving wedges or piles
2. obsolete : a determined or irresistible foe
3. [maul (II) ]
a.
  (1) or maul in goal : a play formerly used in rugby and American football in which an attacking player who had carried the ball across the goal line was prevented from touching it down for a score by a defending player
  (2) : loose scrum
b. : a rough or rowdy brawl
  < the toughs charged the gentry and … the battle became a heavy maul — Bruce Marshall >
II. verb
also mall \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English mallen, from Old French maillier, from mail, n.
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to strike or knock down with or as if with a maul
2.
a. : to beat and bruise
  < mauled the boy with repeated blows >
b. : to injure by or as if by beating : beat about : mangle
  < the heavy seas mauled the boats about >
c. : to handle roughly or with lack of care and consideration
  < this blessed language of ours is so mauled — Journal of Accountancy >
often : to fondle roughly
  < stop mauling the kitten >
3. : to split (wood) with maul and wedges
< planned to maul out rails for a new fence >
intransitive verb
: to engage in mauling
< picking and mauling at the hat in his hands >
III.
dialect
variant of mallow