garble

vt. 断章取义, 混淆 [电] 曲解

发音

其它 /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl/

词形变化

garbles 复数 garbled garbles 三单 garbles garbling garbling 现在分词 garbled 过去式 garbled 过去分词

别名

jarble

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Confused or unintelligible speech.

    可数 不可数

    The FCC says it decided to attempt standardization of VHF receivers after getting "thousands of complaints" from disgruntled boatmen who found their sets brought in mostly a lot of garble and static.

  2. 2.

    Refuse; rubbish.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    Mutilation.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  4. 4.

    Impurities separated from spices, drugs, etc.; garblings.

    可数 废旧 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To pick out such parts (of a text) as may serve a purpose not intended by the original author; to mutilate; to pervert.

    to garble a quotation

    to garble an account

  2. 2.

    To make false by mutilation or addition.

    The editor garbled the story.

  3. 3.

    To corrupt; to make unreadable, incomprehensible, or unintelligible.

  4. 4.

    To sift or bolt; to separate the fine or valuable parts of (something) from the coarse and useless parts, or from dross or dirt.

    废旧

    to garble spices

词汇关系

动词

同义词 3

warp distort falsify

上位词 2

belie misrepresent

下位词 3

murder mutilate mangle

词源

From Middle English garbelen, from Anglo-Norman garbeler (“to sift”), from Medieval Latin garbellare (or a similar Italian word), from Arabic غَرْبَلَ (ḡarbala, “to sift”).

来源：wiktionary