trounce
verb/traʊns/
/traʊns/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they trounce | /traʊns/ /traʊns/ |
| he / she / it trounces | /ˈtraʊnsɪz/ /ˈtraʊnsɪz/ |
| past simple trounced | /traʊnst/ /traʊnst/ |
| past participle trounced | /traʊnst/ /traʊnst/ |
| -ing form trouncing | /ˈtraʊnsɪŋ/ /ˈtraʊnsɪŋ/ |
- trounce somebody to defeat somebody completely
彻底打败；击溃 - Brazil trounced Italy 5–1 in the final.
在决赛中巴西队以 5:1 狂胜意大利队。 - He was roundly trounced in last November’s election.
他在去年 11 月的选举中惨败。
Word Originmid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘afflict’): of unknown origin. - Brazil trounced Italy 5–1 in the final.