英文词源
- maul
- maul: see mallet
- maul (v.)
- mid-13c., meallen "strike with a heavy weapon," from Middle English mealle (mid-13c.) "mace, wooden club, heavy hammer" (see maul (n.)). The meaning "damage seriously, mangle" is first recorded 1690s. Related: Mauled; mauling.
- maul (n.)
- c. 1200, mealle, "hammer, usually a heavy one; sledgehammer," from Old French mail "hammer," from Latin malleus "hammer" (see mallet).
中文词源
maul：伤害，打伤，袭击，撕咬
来自古法语mail,来自拉丁语malleus,铁锤，词源同mallet.引申词义重锤敲打，伤害，打伤，以及动物袭击，撕咬等。
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