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单词 trampling
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trample

verb

tram·​ple ˈtram-pəl How to pronounce trample (audio)
trampled; trampling ˈtram-p(ə-)liŋ How to pronounce trample (audio)

intransitive verb

1
: tramp
especially : to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
2
: to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly
usually used with on, over, or upon
trampling on the rights of others

transitive verb

: to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading
trampled the flowers
trample noun
trampler
ˈtram-p(ə-)lər How to pronounce trample (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • champ
  • stamp
  • stomp
  • tramp
  • tromp
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Example Sentences

The workmen trampled on my flower bed. Her glasses were trampled underfoot by the crowd. Many people were trampled to death trying to escape the burning building. They are trampling on our rights. They are trampling our rights. Their most cherished traditions have been trampled. See More
Recent Examples on the Web People leave trash and human waste, create secondary footpaths and trample the area around the tree. Nicole Kagan, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022 Pratt is frequently ranked last among the Hollywood Chrises, leading his co-stars to practically trample over one another to defend him. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 June 2022 Cicilline was responding to an amendment offered by Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida, who said that red-flag gun laws would trample on due-process and Second Amendment rights. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022 In the final episode, another hole, arising from Luke’s obsessive digging, welcomes a horde of buffalo which appear to trample him on their way out and across the plains. Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 5 May 2022 Step by step, the Edmontosaurus catches up with the rest of the herd and wiggles his way back into the crush of dinosaurian bodies as the duckbills trample their way through the woodland. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022 Blackburn suggested Jackson would trample parental rights. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 If any of them would whine or cry or bark the moose would trample them. Blair Braverman, Outside Online, 7 Mar. 2022 One of best creations at BLK Dot is borderline sacrilegious in its rejection of purism: a VTM layered with grassy high-grade Uji matcha, two distinct and pleasantly bitter tones that complement rather than trample each other. Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, frequentative of trampen to tramp

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Kids Definition

trample

verb

tram·​ple ˈtram-pəl How to pronounce trample (audio)
trampled; trampling
1
: to tramp or tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure something
She trampled on the flowers.
2
: to crush under the feet
Don't trample the flowers.
3
: to treat as if worthless or unimportant
They trampled on our rights.

trampling

verb

present participle of trample
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure Isabel looked out her window and beheld the neighbor's Labrador retriever trampling her begonias

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • stomping
  • stamping
  • tramping
  • kicking
  • smashing
  • champing
  • tromping
  • squashing
  • mashing
  • overriding
  • squelching
  • pulping
  • running over
  • running down
  • booting
  • hoofing
  • stepping (on)
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