trounce

英[traʊns]
美[traʊns]

基本释义

vt.
使大败; 痛打; 呵斥; 责骂

词性变化

英英释义

Verb
  • 1. beat severely with a whip or rod;

    "The teacher often flogged the students"

    "The children were severely trounced"

  • 2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict;

    "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"

    "We beat the competition"

    "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game"

  • 3. censure severely or angrily;

    "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"

    "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"

    "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"

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