单词 | to trample out |
释义 | > as lemmasto trample out 5. transitive. To put in or out by tramping or stamping; esp. to trample out (fire); in quot. 1847, to make or cause by trampling. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] > by trampling to trample out1574 tread1602 1574 J. Baret Aluearie T 295 To tread or trample out: to wring out, exculco. 1842 R. Browning Cristina in Bells & Pomegranates No. III: Dramatic Lyrics vii The world's honours, in derision, Trampled out the light for ever. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 99 I don't want Frederic to trample a hole in my muslin frock. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 113 The security against a spread of the conflagration was to trample it out upon the spot. < as lemmas |
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