Engelsk verb: trounce | |||
1. | trounce (om relasjon) 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, welt, whip | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | beat, beat up, work over | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | birch, cat, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, scourge, switch | ||
2. | trounce (om konkurranse) 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 | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | beat, beat out, crush, shell, vanquish | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | defeat, get the better of, overcome | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | 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 forårsake | win | ||
Utsagnsord med lignende betydning | beat, circumvent, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach | ||
3. | trounce (om kommunikasjon) 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. | ||
Ord 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 spesifikke uttrykk | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | brush down, castigate, chasten, chastise, correct, objurgate, tell off | ||