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单词 trample
释义 tram·ple
I. \ˈtrampəl, -raam-, -raim-\ verb
(trampled ; trampled ; trampling \-p(ə)liŋ\ ; tramples)
Etymology: Middle English tramplen, freq. of trampen to tramp — more at tramp
intransitive verb
: tramp
 < the little boys lay down in the dust, heedless of the feet trampling everywhere about them — Pearl Buck >
 < trampling up and down the front porch, nervous as a cat — R.P.Warren >
 < if in addition to the year's four seasons the fifth of famine tramples through the land — Frederic Morton >
as
 a. : to tread heavily so as to bruise, crush, or injure — usually used with on, upon, or over
  < a runaway horse had trampled on him and broken his hipbone — Vicki Baum >
  < the boy who has a garden will not trample on other people's flower beds — Bertrand Russell >
 b. : to inflict injury or destruction : have a contemptuous or ruthless attitude : tyrannize — usually used with on, over, or upon
  < he liked to trample on his foes — M.R.Cohen >
  < pride and sensitiveness were his chief foes, and he would trample on them — George Meredith >
  < his grim, repressive mother, who trampled on every innocent pleasure — Van Wyck Brooks >
  < trampled on conventions — Henry Adams >
  < if the great powers show themselves irresponsibly ready to trample over any weak nation that seemed to be in their way — Vera M. Dean >
transitive verb
1. : to press down in walking : crush or injure by or as if by treading : stamp
 < man was standing on a large push truck and trampling down a great pile of old newspapers and other trash — Thomas Whiteside >
 < shoes trample his camera underfoot — Ray Duncan >
 < used to trample the lumps of hard clay into powder — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
 < will rediscover the morality their oppressors trampled into the dust — Times Literary Supplement >
 < the utility combine is pressuring Congress to trample down the law and the will of the people — New York Times >
2. : to extinguish by stamping with the feet — usually used with out
 < a forbidden book is like a fire one tries to trample out — Encore >
II. noun
(-s)
: the act or sound of trampling : a heavy and repeated tread of or as if of many feet
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