defeat heavily in a contest
(在比赛中)彻底打败,击溃
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Essex trounced Cambridgeshire 5-1 in the final. 在决赛中,埃塞克斯郡以 5比1 大败剑桥郡。
rebuke or punish severely
呵斥;严惩
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insider dealing has been roundly trounced. 幕后交易行为已受到严惩。
" mid 16th cent. (also in the sense ‘afflict’): of unknown origin."