Trample



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.踩坏, 践踏
• ［英］ v.踩坏, 践踏 ( to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure)
• ［记］ tramp ( 踩踏) +le
• ［例］ trample down the flowers / trample law and order

Webster Collegiate

verb (trampled; trampling)

• Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of trampen to tramp
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. tramp; especially to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure
  • 2. to inflict injury or destruction especially contemptuously or ruthlessly — usually used with on, over, or upon<trampling on the rights of others>
• transitive verb
  • to crush, injure, or destroy by or as if by treading <trampled the flowers>
• ? trample noun
• ? trampler noun

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