trounce
/traʊns/verb
with obj.
1- defeat heavily in a contest(在比赛中)彻底打败, 击溃:
Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5-1 in the final.
在决赛中, 埃塞克斯郡以 5比1 大败剑桥郡。
1.1
- rebuke or punish severely呵斥; 严惩:
insider dealing has been roundly trounced.
幕后交易行为已受到严惩。
派生词
trouncer
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (also in the sense 'afflict'): of unknown origin.