单词	rout
释义	rout1 verbrout2 noun routrout1 /raʊt/ verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE rout Simple Form Present I, you, we, they rout he, she, it routs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they routed Present perfect I, you, we, they have routed he, she, it has routed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had routed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will rout Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have routed Continuous Form Present I am routing he, she, it is routing you, we, they are routing Past I, he, she, it was routing you, we, they were routing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been routing he, she, it has been routing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been routing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be routing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been routing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team. The general was killed and his armies were routed in a magnificent cavalry charge. The Seattle SuperSonics routed Atlanta 111-88. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Again, the faxes are technically routed through Bangkok. Early on, it appeared the Clippers would rout Toronto, taking a 33-17 lead. He had been moving towards resignation since being routed by Mr Smith in the July leadership election. It was routed by the Republican-controlled Congress. Ras Gugsa was killed and his army routed. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc► crush/slaughter/massacre/annihilate informal to completely beat someone in a game, competition, election etc: · Wow, the Raiders just slaughtered the Seahawks again.· The party strategy was to form an alliance to crush the communists. ► clobber/hammer informal also cream American spoken to beat someone very easily in a game, competition, election etc: · We've been clobbered twice now by Central High's basketball team.· Chicago hammered Boston in an away game on Saturday.· "How'd the game go?" "We creamed 'em!" ► rout especially British to beat an opposing team or political party easily and completely: · The Australians have once again routed the English cricket team. ► wipe the floor with somebody informal to defeat someone completely in an argument or competition: · I'd think twice before I started a fight with him - he'd wipe the floor with me! ► outplay to play much better than an opponent or team in a game and beat them easily: · Ohio outplayed Michigan, especially in the fourth quarter, winning by 14 points. to defeat an enemy in war► defeat to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · The army was well-trained and well-armed, and had little difficulty defeating the rebels.heavily defeat: · The Republicans were heavily defeated in the Spanish Civil War. ► overwhelm to completely defeat an enemy's army because your armed forces are much larger, have better equipment etc: · Napoleon's army was strong enough to overwhelm nearly any potential enemy.· With its greatly superior technology, the government forces completely overwhelmed the rebels. ► annihilate to completely defeat an enemy's army in a war and to destroy all their armed forces: · After a long and bloody battle the army succeeded in annihilating Seged's forces.· In 1945 Japan was helpless, with its military power annihilated. ► rout to completely defeat an enemy's army in battle: · The general was killed and his armies were routed in a magnificent cavalry charge. ► bring somebody to their knees to cause the final defeat of an enemy, especially after a long war, so that they are too weak to fight back: · The disastrous Battle of the Boyne finally brought the Catholics to their knees.· After years of trench warfare, the Kaiser's army had finally been brought to its knees. ► conquer to completely defeat the armed forces of an enemy country, with the result that you have complete control over it: · Sailors travelled to the New World with the urge to conquer and explore.· Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, which we know today as France. WORD SETS► POLITICS blackout, noundislodge, verbenterprise culture, nounforeign affairs, nounformation, noun-gate, suffixglasnost, nounglobal, adjectivehammer and sickle, nounimperialism, nouninvoke, verbmachinery, nounpolitical geography, nounpower politics, nounpublic affairs, nounrep, nounrestoration, nounrestore, verbrout, verbrout, nounsecretariat, nounsecretary general, nounsit-in, nounsyndicalism, nounterritorial waters, nountheorist, nountheorize, verbtheory, nounveto, verbveto, noun to defeat someone completely in a battle, competition, or election rout1 verbrout2 noun routrout2 noun [countable usually singular, uncountable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINrout2 Origin: 1200-1300 Old French route ‘group of people, defeat’, from Latin rupta, from ruptus ‘broken’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A 3-0 rout of Canada qualified the U.S. for the World Cup. The game was a rout, with the home team winning by 10 goals to nil. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Barnes started the rout, bewildering two defenders before supplying the perfect cross for Steve Mcmanaman to head in. Dorian West emerged for a sharp run before Cohen appeared at even greater pace for the try that began the rout. General Lee had reached the scene and was in command during the rout of the Federals. Indeed, even amid the rout, some bellwether high-tech companies continue to report strong results. It turned into a rout, more thorough than anyone could have imagined. Stock prices followed the rout in bonds in the morning only to zigzag to record highs in the afternoon. Three more conversions by Strett completed the rout. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorwhen someone is beaten► defeat a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is defeated: · After his third successive election defeat he decided to retire from politics.suffer a defeat: · In the last game of the season they suffered a humiliating defeat, losing 7-0 to Real Madrid. ► rout a situation in which a person, army, political party etc is easily defeated: · The game was a rout, with the home team winning by 10 goals to nil. ► drubbing a situation in which a person, team, political party etc is defeated badly: · Gramm's drubbing by Davis in the California primary has badly hurt his campaign.take a drubbing: · The Lions took a drubbing from the Eagles last night, losing 58-37. WORD SETS► POLITICS blackout, noundislodge, verbenterprise culture, nounforeign affairs, nounformation, noun-gate, suffixglasnost, nounglobal, adjectivehammer and sickle, nounimperialism, nouninvoke, verbmachinery, nounpolitical geography, nounpower politics, nounpublic affairs, nounrep, nounrestoration, nounrestore, verbrout, verbrout, nounsecretariat, nounsecretary general, nounsit-in, nounsyndicalism, nounterritorial waters, nountheorist, nountheorize, verbtheory, nounveto, verbveto, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► put somebody to rout (=defeat someone completely) a complete defeat in a battle, competition, or election:  The battle turned into a rout.put somebody to rout (=defeat someone completely)
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