with obj.
1- (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing（动物）咬伤, 抓伤：
a man was mauled by a lion at London Zoo.
一名男子在伦敦动物园被狮子咬伤。
1.1
- treat (something) roughly粗暴对待。
1.2
- handle (someone) roughly, especially in pursuit of sexual gratification粗暴玩弄（尤指为性满足）：
she hated being mauled around by macho chauvinist pigs.
她讨厌自己受到那些大男子主义猪猡的粗暴玩弄。
1.3
- informal defeat heavily in a game or match〈非正式〉（比赛）惨败：
the team were mauled 4-0 by Manchester City.
该队被曼城队以4比0打得惨败。
1.4
- subject to fierce or damaging criticism抨击, 责难：
as noun mauling he faces a mauling at next week's conference.在下周的会议上他面临着一场责难。
1.5
- no obj. Rugby Union take part in a maul【英橄】围挤抢球。
1
- Rugby Union a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground【英橄】围挤抢球。比较RUCK1.
2
- another term for BEETLE2 (in sense 1).同BEETLE 2（义项1）.
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'.