摘要: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 1, 2022 is: garble • \GAR-bul\ •...
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for February 1, 2022 is:
garble • \GAR-bul\ • verb
Garble means "to so alter or distort as to create a wrong impression or change the meaning."
// The text on the television was garbled, but viewers could still decipher what was being said.
Examples:
"We aren't very good as human beings at having good conversations in the first place, and then everything switched to Zoom, where body language often gets lost and signals get garbled." — Andreas Kluth, quoted in The Daily Herald (Everett, Washington), 25 Dec. 2021
Did you know?
Garble comes from Anglo-French garbeler, meaning "to remove impurities or refuse from (spices)." The English word refers to distortion of speech or writing that makes its meaning unclear (impure).
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