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单词 manhandle
释义

Definition of manhandle in English:

manhandle

verb ˈmanhand(ə)lˈmænˌhændl
[with object]
  • 1Move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort.

    用人力搬动(重物)

    men used to manhandle the piano down the stairs

    人们过去常用人力把钢琴搬下楼。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, a rendezvous at Paddington has been arranged for tomorrow morning when the present, having been manhandled on the train, will be exchanged.
    • Mr Coverdale said his accident happened as he was seen manhandling a metal sheet across the roof.
    • Signalmen, more used to manhandling the heavy levers of Victorian signal boxes, have begun controlling one of the area's busiest junctions with the click of a mouse.
    • This was no easy task since the heavy howitzers were not ‘fast movers,’ having to be manhandled with great effort every time a displacement was ordered.
    • A couple of months ago, the art was manhandled and censored when it appeared on the streets as part of the Liverpool Biennale.
    • I recall having to manhandle a heavy garden statue of Hermes, cast in lead, which we had been asked to look after while the owners moved house.
    • Its ammunition is heavy and difficult to manhandle.
    • The coffin is manhandled back on the truck and heads off through the streets towards the cathedral graveyard, where, three hours later, the crowd has grown dense and patient.
    • A bulky roll of red carpet is being manhandled through the narrow kitchen.
    • He and I manhandle his life-size plastic punching doll into the elevator.
    • He rambles and manhandles the equipment, testily blaming newfangled technology when he has difficulty with basic tasks such as placing a compact disc in a player.
    • They insisted the wooden piece was a work of art and should not have been manhandled by the long arm of the law.
    • With form filled in, you then have to manhandle your purchases onto a huge trolley, queue, pay for them, put them in your car, drive them home and assemble them yourself.
    • This year I had no bag, so I just manhandled the thing out the door.
    • On such occasions his friends and colleagues would come to his rescue, up to six of them manhandling his heavy wheelchair.
    • Collected from buckets at street corners, transferred to barrels, then shipped north, often to landing places where there was no harbour or beach, it was manhandled ashore from pitching boats.
    Synonyms
    heave, haul, push, shove
    pull, tug, drag, move, carry, lift, manoeuvre
    informal hump, lug
    1. 1.1 Handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing.
      (拽或推搡)粗暴地对待
      we were spat on, sworn at, and manhandled
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And I haven't heard any apology to the younger man who was also manhandled out of the hall simply for defending Mr Wolfgang.
      • She had hardly had a chance to finish her drink when she was manhandled by burly bouncers and unceremoniously dumped outside the door.
      • For days she did not venture out for fear that she would be manhandled again.
      • The customers suspected of shoplifting were sometimes manhandled in a most indecent way.
      • These days, she's too big to be manhandled and too canny to be tricked.
      • The sight of my mother fighting as she was manhandled into a police car outside our flat is truly something that will never leave me.
      • A burglar who manhandled a terrified 91-year-old woman when she caught him in her neighbour's flat has had his jail term cut by appeal court judges.
      • She said: ‘I saw some officers come out of the station manhandling Gavin and my husband.’
      • The rapper then manhandles the fan before throwing him into the audience.
      • We were roughly manhandled and told to stand facing the wall with our hands behind our heads.
      • The defendant started to protest and had been violently manhandled out of the premises.
      • He regarded me with infuriating calm, grabbed my wrists, and manhandled me into the car.
      • Medics manhandled him back to the beach, to await rescue by sea.
      • He also denied charges of manhandling the accused and not informing the British High Commission at New Delhi regarding their arrest.
      • She was just going to say she was manhandled by a porter with a penchant for egg sandwiches and, if that didn't work, threaten to have their royal appointment removed.
      • He was manhandling a lady in her early twenties.
      • They manhandled him into the house and forced him to unlock the safe and give them money.
      • The family, nonetheless, laid a charge of assault against the security officer, alleging that he grabbed Williamson and manhandled him.
      • She refused and was manhandled as a consequence.
      • He walked out and claims he then saw his 26-year-old girlfriend being manhandled.
      Synonyms
      jostle, shove, hustle, handle roughly, push, pull
      maltreat, ill-treat, mistreat, abuse, maul, molest, injure, damage, beat, knock about/around, batter
      informal paw, beat up, rough up
      North American informal roust

Rhymes

panhandle

Definition of manhandle in US English:

manhandle

verbˈmænˌhændlˈmanˌhandl
[with object]
  • 1Move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort.

    用人力搬动(重物)

    seven guys had to manhandle the piano down the stairs

    人们过去常用人力把钢琴搬下楼。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This was no easy task since the heavy howitzers were not ‘fast movers,’ having to be manhandled with great effort every time a displacement was ordered.
    • The coffin is manhandled back on the truck and heads off through the streets towards the cathedral graveyard, where, three hours later, the crowd has grown dense and patient.
    • A bulky roll of red carpet is being manhandled through the narrow kitchen.
    • With form filled in, you then have to manhandle your purchases onto a huge trolley, queue, pay for them, put them in your car, drive them home and assemble them yourself.
    • I recall having to manhandle a heavy garden statue of Hermes, cast in lead, which we had been asked to look after while the owners moved house.
    • This year I had no bag, so I just manhandled the thing out the door.
    • Signalmen, more used to manhandling the heavy levers of Victorian signal boxes, have begun controlling one of the area's busiest junctions with the click of a mouse.
    • Anyway, a rendezvous at Paddington has been arranged for tomorrow morning when the present, having been manhandled on the train, will be exchanged.
    • Mr Coverdale said his accident happened as he was seen manhandling a metal sheet across the roof.
    • On such occasions his friends and colleagues would come to his rescue, up to six of them manhandling his heavy wheelchair.
    • He and I manhandle his life-size plastic punching doll into the elevator.
    • A couple of months ago, the art was manhandled and censored when it appeared on the streets as part of the Liverpool Biennale.
    • Its ammunition is heavy and difficult to manhandle.
    • They insisted the wooden piece was a work of art and should not have been manhandled by the long arm of the law.
    • He rambles and manhandles the equipment, testily blaming newfangled technology when he has difficulty with basic tasks such as placing a compact disc in a player.
    • Collected from buckets at street corners, transferred to barrels, then shipped north, often to landing places where there was no harbour or beach, it was manhandled ashore from pitching boats.
    Synonyms
    heave, haul, push, shove
    1. 1.1 Handle (someone) roughly by dragging or pushing.
      (拽或推搡)粗暴地对待
      a drunk had manhandled one of the deputies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A burglar who manhandled a terrified 91-year-old woman when she caught him in her neighbour's flat has had his jail term cut by appeal court judges.
      • She had hardly had a chance to finish her drink when she was manhandled by burly bouncers and unceremoniously dumped outside the door.
      • We were roughly manhandled and told to stand facing the wall with our hands behind our heads.
      • The customers suspected of shoplifting were sometimes manhandled in a most indecent way.
      • She was just going to say she was manhandled by a porter with a penchant for egg sandwiches and, if that didn't work, threaten to have their royal appointment removed.
      • She said: ‘I saw some officers come out of the station manhandling Gavin and my husband.’
      • She refused and was manhandled as a consequence.
      • They manhandled him into the house and forced him to unlock the safe and give them money.
      • The sight of my mother fighting as she was manhandled into a police car outside our flat is truly something that will never leave me.
      • These days, she's too big to be manhandled and too canny to be tricked.
      • Medics manhandled him back to the beach, to await rescue by sea.
      • The defendant started to protest and had been violently manhandled out of the premises.
      • For days she did not venture out for fear that she would be manhandled again.
      • And I haven't heard any apology to the younger man who was also manhandled out of the hall simply for defending Mr Wolfgang.
      • He walked out and claims he then saw his 26-year-old girlfriend being manhandled.
      • He regarded me with infuriating calm, grabbed my wrists, and manhandled me into the car.
      • The family, nonetheless, laid a charge of assault against the security officer, alleging that he grabbed Williamson and manhandled him.
      • The rapper then manhandles the fan before throwing him into the audience.
      • He also denied charges of manhandling the accused and not informing the British High Commission at New Delhi regarding their arrest.
      • He was manhandling a lady in her early twenties.
      Synonyms
      jostle, shove, hustle, handle roughly, push, pull
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