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单词 trample
释义

Definition of trample in English:

trample

verb ˈtramp(ə)lˈtræmpəl
[with object]
  • 1Tread on and crush.

    the fence had been trampled down
    no object her dog trampled on his tulips
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In pastures, nests face the additional risk of being trampled by cows.
    • People keep trampling all over you to get from one side to the other.
    • Last year, 14 pilgrims were trampled to death during the ritual and 35 died in a 2001 stampede.
    • Conversely, the likelihood of me trampling anyone as I walk down the street is highly unlikely!
    • I was trampled in the rush, but regained my senses enough to join them.
    • A farmer's field is trampled completely by cows.
    • They dashed through the entrance, nearly trampling the stout guard in the process.
    • Crowds literally trampled to death each other as they rushed to get in front.
    • She died from being trampled by a wagon cart livestock that was being shipped to the local butcher.
    • Some were injured as they fell down the staircase while others were trampled in the stampede.
    • The grass was trampled, torn, and red.
    • There have been villagers in other parts of Zambia mauled by lions, trampled underfoot by elephants and hippos.
    • When everyone turned and moved back into the sunlight, he was nearly trampled.
    • He caught me before I could hit the ground and be trampled by my horse.
    • Initially I was more scared of being trampled in a stampede than in being effected by the tear gas.
    • But this poor guy was liable to be trampled to death by human feet.
    • The department maintained that the fencing was needed to protect grass trampled by cattle once fields had been irrigated.
    • Some were trampled in the rush and others survived the stampede with deep psychic scars.
    • Also, all prisoners will be freed and summarily trampled by wild elephants.
    • People were almost trampled as the police tried to wrangle people out of the area.
    Synonyms
    tread, tramp, stamp, walk over
    squash, crush, flatten, compress, press (down), compact, pound, tamp down, mangle, pulp, mash, pulverize
    1. 1.1trample on/upon/overno object Treat with contempt.
      a lay statesman ought not to trample upon the opinions of his Church advisers
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘The country's relatively loose control over these companies has enabled some greedy bosses to trample on workers' rights’, she said.
      • How do you preserve scenic beauty without trampling on private property rights?
      • Any expression of class solidarity was trampled underfoot and the working class suppressed and disciplined.
      • They had a big job to do in taking maintenance work back from numerous engineering companies, but that is no excuse for trampling over workers' employment rights.
      • A student can certainly trample on the rights of any individual as readily as an administrator can.
      • Born-and-bred residents are being trampled on by wealthy incomers who push property prices even further beyond their reach, they say.
      • He doesn't present himself as a dictator who tramples on our liberty and demands blind obedience.
      • Even when it tramples all over other principles that he purports to hold dear.
      • What about the trespassers who trampled on his rights with impunity?
      • In the meantime, the Feds have again shown a determination to trample on civil liberties to harass nonviolent protestors.
      Synonyms
      treat with contempt, ride roughshod over, disregard, set at naught, show no consideration for, treat inconsiderately, treat disrespectfully, take for granted, encroach on, infringe, abuse, do violence to
noun ˈtramp(ə)lˈtræmpəl
literary
  • An act or the sound of trampling.

    destruction's trample treads them down
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The air got clogged with sounds of movement, clatters and tramples of feet and people.
    • The woods began to move, too; and, with the familiar trample of horse hooves, an army clad in drab array appeared at its edge.
    • He heard the trample of a soldier and the muffled sound of the grenade going off.
    • The warriors remained calm and relaxed, listening to the trample of the demonic horde just feet in front of them.
    • Her bonnet flew off and disappeared under the trample of bare feet and boots.

Derivatives

  • trampler

  • noun ˈtramp(ə)ləˈtræmp(ə)lər
    • The subject of his fourth vision warns would-be or current tramplers to leave the poor and needy alone.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To them, he became a trampler of the rule of law, an embodiment of every reactionary set-piece American political culture has ever produced.
      • We've selected six shoes that run the gamut from high-mileage hedonists to gym-friendly treadmill tramplers.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'tread heavily'): frequentative of tramp.

Rhymes

ample
 
 

Definition of trample in US English:

trample

verbˈtrampəlˈtræmpəl
[with object]
  • 1Tread on and crush.

    the fence had been trampled down
    no object her dog trampled on his tulips
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I was trampled in the rush, but regained my senses enough to join them.
    • The grass was trampled, torn, and red.
    • Crowds literally trampled to death each other as they rushed to get in front.
    • Also, all prisoners will be freed and summarily trampled by wild elephants.
    • He caught me before I could hit the ground and be trampled by my horse.
    • Initially I was more scared of being trampled in a stampede than in being effected by the tear gas.
    • They dashed through the entrance, nearly trampling the stout guard in the process.
    • She died from being trampled by a wagon cart livestock that was being shipped to the local butcher.
    • People keep trampling all over you to get from one side to the other.
    • Conversely, the likelihood of me trampling anyone as I walk down the street is highly unlikely!
    • Some were trampled in the rush and others survived the stampede with deep psychic scars.
    • Some were injured as they fell down the staircase while others were trampled in the stampede.
    • There have been villagers in other parts of Zambia mauled by lions, trampled underfoot by elephants and hippos.
    • But this poor guy was liable to be trampled to death by human feet.
    • In pastures, nests face the additional risk of being trampled by cows.
    • The department maintained that the fencing was needed to protect grass trampled by cattle once fields had been irrigated.
    • A farmer's field is trampled completely by cows.
    • When everyone turned and moved back into the sunlight, he was nearly trampled.
    • Last year, 14 pilgrims were trampled to death during the ritual and 35 died in a 2001 stampede.
    • People were almost trampled as the police tried to wrangle people out of the area.
    Synonyms
    tread, tramp, stamp, walk over
    1. 1.1trample on/overno object Treat with contempt.
      a drug-testing device that doesn't trample on employees' civil liberties
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Any expression of class solidarity was trampled underfoot and the working class suppressed and disciplined.
      • What about the trespassers who trampled on his rights with impunity?
      • He doesn't present himself as a dictator who tramples on our liberty and demands blind obedience.
      • They had a big job to do in taking maintenance work back from numerous engineering companies, but that is no excuse for trampling over workers' employment rights.
      • ‘The country's relatively loose control over these companies has enabled some greedy bosses to trample on workers' rights’, she said.
      • Born-and-bred residents are being trampled on by wealthy incomers who push property prices even further beyond their reach, they say.
      • A student can certainly trample on the rights of any individual as readily as an administrator can.
      • Even when it tramples all over other principles that he purports to hold dear.
      • How do you preserve scenic beauty without trampling on private property rights?
      • In the meantime, the Feds have again shown a determination to trample on civil liberties to harass nonviolent protestors.
      Synonyms
      treat with contempt, ride roughshod over, disregard, set at naught, show no consideration for, treat inconsiderately, treat disrespectfully, take for granted, encroach on, infringe, abuse, do violence to
nounˈtrampəlˈtræmpəl
literary
  • An act or the sound of trampling.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The air got clogged with sounds of movement, clatters and tramples of feet and people.
    • Her bonnet flew off and disappeared under the trample of bare feet and boots.
    • The woods began to move, too; and, with the familiar trample of horse hooves, an army clad in drab array appeared at its edge.
    • The warriors remained calm and relaxed, listening to the trample of the demonic horde just feet in front of them.
    • He heard the trample of a soldier and the muffled sound of the grenade going off.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘tread heavily’): frequentative of tramp.

 
 
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