释义 |
trouncing, vbl. n.|ˈtraʊnsɪŋ| [f. trounce v.1 + -ing1.] The action of trounce v.1; a beating, thrashing; also fig. Also attrib.
a1553C. Bansley Treat. xii. (Percy Soc.) 5 Tyll you tricke and trotte youre selfe, to the devyls trounsynge neste. c1580J. Jeffere Bugbears Epil. in Archiv Stud. Neu. Spr. (1897), With rowsynges, with bownsynges, with trownsynges. 1803R. Anderson Cumberld. Ball. 64 In a passion I flew, And gave her a trouncin. 1867Routledge's Ev. Boy's Ann. Aug. 3 Cheltenham gave Marylebone a fine trouncing. |