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maul sb/sth
动词用法，表示（动物等）攻击并造成重伤；宾语常为人或动物。本词也常用被动语态。
The bear mauled the hiker.
那只熊把徒步者伤得很重。
用大槌劈（木）
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
用大槌劈（木）
to split (wood) using a maul and wedges
The bear mauled the hiker.
那只熊把徒步者伤得很重。
粗暴地对待(某人或某物)
To handle someone or something in a rough way.
(动物)撕咬,造成严重伤害
To savage; to cause serious physical wounds.
严厉批评
To criticise harshly.
用大锤击打
To beat with a maul.
maul
Base
原形
mauls
3rd person
第三人称单数
mauling
-ing
现在分词
mauled
Past
过去式
mauled
Past participle
过去分词
Dogs sometimes maul sheep on the farm.
狗有时在农场里打伤羊。
The wolf mauled the shepherd last night.
狼昨晚严重打伤了牧羊人。
The tiger has mauled three zookeepers this year.
这只老虎今年已经打伤了三名动物园饲养员。
作动词时意为“打伤”“严重伤害”，过去式和过去分词均为 mauled。
The park ranger warned us that the mother bear could maul us if we got too close to her cubs.
公园管理员警告我们，如果我们离幼熊太近，母熊可能会袭击并咬伤我们。
A stray dog mauled our cat in the yard, so we took the cat to the vet immediately.
一只流浪狗在院子里咬伤了我们的猫，所以我们立刻把猫送去了兽医那里。
If you tease the monkey at the zoo, it may maul your hand.
如果你逗动物园里的猴子，它可能会咬伤你的手。
动词用法，表示（动物等）攻击并造成重伤；宾语常为人或动物。本词也常用被动语态。
The bear mauled the hiker.
那只熊把徒步者伤得很重。
名词用法，指一种带有长柄的重型锤，常用于劈木、打桩。
He used a maul to split the log.
他用大槌劈开了木头。
Not this
We spent the afternoon at the maul.
Use this
We spent the afternoon at the mall.
maul 意为“大槌”或“撕伤”，而“购物中心”是 mall。两者读音相近，易拼写混淆；此句语义为购物中心，所以须用 mall。
Not this
The dog mauled at the child.
Use this
The dog mauled the child.
maul 作“撕伤”解时是及物动词，须直接跟宾语，不能加介词 at。去掉 at 后句意不变，语法正确。
Not this
He used maul to split the logs.
Use this
He used a maul to split the logs.
maul 作名词“大槌”时可数，首次提及须用不定冠词 a，因此须说 a maul。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被狗严重咬伤
The postman was mauled by a dog while delivering letters.
邮递员送信时被狗严重咬伤。
被咬死
The sheep were mauled to death by wolves.
那些羊被狼咬死了。
被严重打伤
He was badly mauled in the street fight.
他在街头斗殴中被严重打伤。
遭到评论家猛烈抨击
The new play was mauled by critics.
这出新戏遭到评论家猛烈抨击。
用大木槌劈原木
They split the logs with a maul and wedges.
他们用大木槌和楔子把原木劈开。
Use maul naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把首字母 M 想象成一把大槌，一槌砸下就把人打伤或把木劈开——maul 就是大槌和打伤。
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、formal written accounts、animal attack descriptions maul 作动词表示“（野兽或人）攻击致重伤”时，语气比较中性，多用于新闻报道、正式叙述或对事件的书面描述，在随意口语中较少用到。
All these words rhyme with 'maul' /mɔːl/. 'haul' shares the 'aul' spelling; the others use 'all'. Do not confuse them with 'mail' or 'male' (/meɪl/).
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.