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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++man·han·dle /ˈmænhændl/ verb [transitive]  1 PUSHto push or handle someone roughly 粗暴地推搡[对待]manhandle somebody into/through etc something It had ended with Tony physically manhandling her out of the house. 最后托尼粗暴地把她推出门外。2 PUSHto move a heavy object using force 用力搬动 〔重物〕manhandle something into/onto/across etc something We lifted it off the truck and manhandled it into the workshop. 我们把它从卡车上卸下搬到车间里。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
manhandleThis would be such a female as our already seriously humbled hero could not manhandle as mere booty.Rivera claimed he was kicked and manhandled by police.Several foreign journalists who tried to film the incident were themselves manhandled by security forces and briefly detained.It was all manhandled in those days.Unaffected adventurers can help their friends to leave the Tower, but affected characters will have to be manhandled out of the place.A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft on to sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac.In his rear mirror he watched his father struggle with the doors and manhandle the basket on to the ground.We manhandled the formwork into position, digging out here and there to get it level in both directions.The gang manhandled the stolen trailer through a gap in the fence.The soldiers were manhandling two men into the yard.
man·han·dle verbChineseSyllable
someone roughly push Corpus to or handle


manhandle
manhandle /ˈmænhændl/ verb [transitive]
1. to push or handle someone roughly
    manhandle somebody into/through etc something
    It had ended with Tony physically manhandling her out of the house.
2. to move a heavy object using force
    manhandle something into/onto/across etc something
    We lifted it off the truck and manhandled it into the workshop.


man·handleBrE /ˈmænhændl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmænhændl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they manhandle BrE /ˈmænhændl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmænhændl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it manhandles BrE /ˈmænhændlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmænhændlz/ 🔊past simple manhandled BrE /ˈmænhændld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmænhændld/ 🔊past participle manhandled BrE /ˈmænhændld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmænhændld/ 🔊 -ing form manhandling BrE /ˈmænhændlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmænhændlɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb to push, pull or handle sb roughly (粗暴地)推搡,拉扯,对待Bystanders claim they were manhandled by security guards. 旁观者声称他们遭到了保安人员的粗暴推搡。🔊🔊~ sth + adv./prep. to move or lift a heavy object using a lot of effort 用力移动;用力举起 SYN haul They were trying to manhandle an old sofa across the road. 他们正努力要把一张旧沙发搬到马路对面去。🔊🔊