tram·ple /ˈtræmpəl/
踩踏,蹂躪(vt.)(vi.)踐踏,輕視
Tram·ple v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trampled p. pr. & vb. n. Trampling ]
1. To tread under foot; to tread down; to prostrate by treading; as, to trample grass or flowers.
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet. --Matt. vii. 6.
2. Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
Tram·ple, v. i.
1. To tread with force and rapidity; to stamp.
2. To tread in contempt; -- with on or upon.
Diogenes trampled on Plato's pride with greater of his own. --Gov. of Tongue.
Tram·ple, n. The act of treading under foot; also, the sound produced by trampling.
The huddling trample of a drove of sheep. --Lowell.
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trample
n : the sound of heavy treading or stomping; "he heard the
trample of many feet" [syn: trampling]
v 1: tread or stomp heavily or roughly; "The soldiers trampled
across the fields" [syn: tread]
2: injure by trampling or as if by trampling; "The passerby was
trampled by an elephant"
3: walk on and flatten; "tramp down the grass"; "trample the
flowers" [syn: tramp down, tread down]