| 单词 | trounce |
| 释义 | trounce (once / 8576 pages) v When you trounce someone, you win decisively. If you win a chess match in three moves, you trounce your opponent. When a professional tennis player is in the midst of a tournament, she hopes to trounce her rival, and an ambitious speller might dream of the day she competes nationally and trounces all the other competitors. A victorious army can also be said to trounce the enemy. The origin of trounce is uncertain, though one theory has the French troncer, or "cut a piece off from," as its root. WORD FAMILYtrounce: trounced, trounces, trouncing+/trouncing: trouncings USAGE EXAMPLESIn February, the Soldiers returned to Ottawa, only to be trounced, 8-0. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Small-company stocks trounced the rest of the market, however, especially since the election. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Like redirecting him to sop up rows of coins or trounce trundling enemies with last second spins. Time(Dec 15, 2016) 1v beat severely with a whip or rod The children were severely trounced Syn|Hypo|Hyper flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip flagellate, scourge whip leatherwhip with a leather strap horsewhipwhip with a whip intended for horses switchflog with or as if with a flexible rod cowhideflog with a cowhide catbeat with a cat-o'-nine-tails birchwhip with a birch twig beat, beat up, work over give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression 2v come out better in a competition, race, or conflict Syn|Hypo|Hyper beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach beat through cleverness and wit outpoint, outscore score more points than one's opponents walk overbeat easily eliminateremove from a contest or race mop up, pip, rack up, whip, worstdefeat thoroughly whompbeat overwhelmingly get the best, have the best, overcomeovercome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome rout, spread-eagle, spreadeagledefeat disastrously get the jumpbe there first cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaftdefeat someone through trickery or deceit exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpassbe or do something to a greater degree get over, master, overcome, subdue, surmountget on top of; deal with successfully best, outdo, outflank, scoop, trumpget the better of outfightto fight better than; get the better of overmaster, overpower, overwhelmovercome by superior force checkmate, mateplace an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game immobilise, immobilizemake defenseless outplayexcel or defeat in a game bat, clobber, cream, drub, lick, thrashbeat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreachbeat through cleverness and wit outgrowgrow faster than outcry, outshoutshout louder than outroarroar louder than outsailsail faster or better than outdrawdraw a gun faster, or best someone in a gunfight outsellsell more than others outsellbe sold more often than other, similar products outpacesurpass in speed better, breaksurpass in excellence outshineattract more attention and praise than others outrangehave a greater range than (another gun) outweighbe heavier than outbravebe braver than out-herodsurpass someone in cruelty or evil outfoxoutdo someone in trickery shamesurpass or beat by a wide margin bulldogthrow a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmartdefeat by more skillful maneuvering steamroll, steamrolleroverwhelm by using great force outmarchmarch longer distances and for a longer time than outwearlast longer than others defeat, get the better of, overcome win a victory over 3v censure severely or angrily Syn|Hypo|Hyper bawl out, berate, call down, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, vituperate castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate censure severely brush down, tell offreprimand flamecriticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws |
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