Engelsk udsagnsord: trounce | |||
1. | trounce (om relation) beat severely with a whip or rod | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The teacher often flogged the students. The children were severely trounced. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | They want to trounce the prisoners | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | beat, beat up, work over | ||
Mere specifikke termer | birch, cat, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, scourge, switch | ||
2. | trounce (om konkurrence) come out better in a competition, race, or conflict | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship. We beat the competition. Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game. | ||
Eksempler på anvendelse | The fighter managed to trounce his opponent | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bat, best, cheat, checkmate, chicane, chouse, clobber, cream, drub, eliminate, exceed, get over, get the best, get the jump, have the best, immobilise, immobilize, jockey, lick, master, mate, mop up, outdo, outdo, outfight, outflank, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outplay, outpoint, outscore, outstrip, overcome, overcome, overmaster, overpower, overwhelm, pip, rack up, rout, scoop, screw, shaft, spread-eagle, spreadeagle, subdue, surmount, surmount, surpass, thrash, trump, walk over, whip, whomp, worst | ||
Kan forårsage | win | ||
Udsagnsord med lignende betydning | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach | ||
3. | trounce (om kommunikation) censure severely or angrily | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | 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. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | 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 | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Mere specifikke termer | brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, tell off | ||