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mangle1/ˈmæŋɡ(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 esp. Brit. hist. a machine having two or more cylinders usu. turned by a handle, between which wet clothes etc. are squeezed and pressed [尤英史义]轧布机，轧干机(带两个或多个圆筒，有把儿，可将湿衣物等压干) 2 US a large machine for ironing usu. damp sheets etc. using heated rollers [美]熨平机(通常熨湿物等) ●v. tr. press (clothes etc.) in a mangle 把(布等)在轧布机中轧压 [Dutch mangel (stok) from mangelen ‘to mangle’, ultimately from Greek magganon + stok ‘staff, STOCK’] |