maul的词源

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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