trounce
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++trounce /traʊns/ verb [transitive] BEAT/DEFEATto defeat someone completely 彻底打败,击溃 We were trounced 13–0. 我们以0比13惨败。► see thesaurus at beat→ See Verb table
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trounce• Nobody seemed to have any doubt that Pencader would trounce his rivals on his debut at Newbury last month.• It's Washington's worst loss since Detroit trounced them 38-6.trounce verbChinese
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trounce
trounce /traʊns/
verb [transitive]
to defeat someone completely:
We were trounced 13–0.
▪ beat to get more points, votes etc than someone. Beat is used especially in spoken English: We should have beaten them easily. | I always beat my brother at tennis.
▪defeat to beat someone. Defeat is more formal than beat and is used especially in writing: England were defeated by 2 goals to 1. | Bush defeated Kerry in the election.
▪trounce /traʊns/ to defeat someone completely in a game: They were trounced 20–0 by Kuwait.
▪thrash British English informal, cream American English informal to beat someone very easily in a game: Of course, they totally creamed the other team. | I hope we thrash them!
▪wipe the floor with somebody informal to beat someone completely in a game or argument: She wiped the floor with her opponent in the debate. | They won a £1,000 prize after wiping the floor with the opposition in a bowling competition.
trounce /traʊns/
verb [transitive]to defeat someone completely:
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