v.(尤指动物)撕裂…的皮肉( maul的过去式和过去分词 );伤害;虐待;粗手粗脚地摆弄;
例句:
The novel was mauled by the New York critics.
这本小说受到纽约评论家的抨击.
He had been mauled by a bear.
他被熊袭击过。
The critics have mauled his latest novel about.
他最近的一部小说被批评家挑剔的体无完肤.