[with obj.]reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way 对(文章等)断章取义,使(声音、收发)错乱 the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice. 线路很差,他的声音都变了调。 [as adj. garbled]I got a garbled set of directions. 我得到一系列混乱的操作说明。
noun
a garbled account or transmission[mass noun] 混乱的记述(或传送)
派生 garbler noun 语源
late Middle English (in the sense 'sift out, cleanse'): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic garbala 'sift', perhaps from late Latin cribellare 'to sieve', from Latin cribrum 'sieve'