1. 轻松战胜;大胜;击溃
If you trounce someone in a competition or contest, you defeat them easily or by a large score.
1. censure severely or angrily
e.g. 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
Synonym: call on the carpettake to taskrebukeragreprooflecturereprimandjawdress downcall downscoldchideberatebawl outremonstratechew outchew uphave wordslambastelambast
2. come out better in a competition, race, or conflict
e.g. Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship
We beat the competition
Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game
Synonym: beatbeat outcrushshellvanquish
3. beat severely with a whip or rod
e.g. The teacher often flogged the students
The children were severely trounced