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A rout is a complete, defeat, especially one where the losing side falls apart and runs away in a way, not just loses. It's often used for battles ("the army suffered a rout") but also for sports and elections today, when one side wins by a huge amount ("the game was a rout, 10-0"). As a verb, "to rout" someone means to defeat them completely and force them to flee.
潰敗、大敗(尤指潰不成軍地敗逃);(比賽)大比分慘敗。
組成From Old French "route", meaning a defeated troop, ultimately from Latin "rupta" (broken).
同家族的字
- routeboth trace back to the same Latin "rupta via" (broken road), though their meanings have drifted far apart
原始詞典資料34 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
routnoun詞源 1/ɹaʊt/
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obsoleteA group of people; a crowd, a throng, a troop; in particular (archaic), a group of people accompanying or travelling with someone.
- A route of people there aſſembled were, / Of euery ſort and nation vnder skye, [...]
- The Incorporations this year did moſtly conſiſt of Cantabrigians who had lately come to this University for preferment from the Viſitors, when the great rout of Royalliſts were by then made in this University.
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archaicA group of animals, especially one which is lively or unruly, or made up of wild animals such as wolves; a flock, a herd, a pack.
- The harts and hinds in their herds, the boars in their singulars, the skulls of foxes, the richesses of martens, the bevies of roes, the cetes of badgers and the routs of wolves - all came to him more or less as something which you either skinned or flayed and then took home to cook.
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A group or assortment of snails.
- hiruvananthapuram: Routs of snails are invading parts of the city, sending residents into a tizzy, amid fears that they would pose a health hazard
- We spot several routs of snails moving around, half buried in the sandy beach.
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A group of disorganized things.
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A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- Beſides the endleſſe routs of wretched thralles, / VVhich thether were aſſembled day by day, / From all the world after their wofull falles, / Through wicked pride, and waſted welthes decay.
- The Ring-leader and Head of all this Rout, / Haue practis'd dangerouſly againſt your State, / Dealing with Witches and with Coniurers, [...]
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datedA fashionable assembly; a large evening party, a soirée.
- The Ducheſs or Marlborough had one of the grandeſt routs that has been given for ſome time, almoſt the whole of the firſt people of rank and faſhion in England being preſent. This being a new birth to conviviality in Marlborough Houſe, and the firſt rout for theſe ſeven laſt years, it was uncommonly crouded.
- Come then, ſweet ſpring's delights to taſte; / No longer, my Maria, waſte / Thoſe hours in routs and noiſe, [...]
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archaicA noisy disturbance; also, a disorderly argument or fight, a brawl; (uncountable) disturbance of the peace, commotion, tumult.
- "Nay, child! it is not well," I said, / "Among the graves to shout; / To laugh and play among the dead, / And make this noisy rout."
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historicallawAn illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
routverb詞源 1/ɹaʊt/
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obsoleteTo assemble in a crowd, whether orderly or disorderly; to collect in company.
- Whereupon the meaner ſort [of people] routed together, and ſuddenly aſſayling the Earle [i.e., Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland] in his Houſe, ſlew him, and diuers of his ſeruants.
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obsoleteTo cause to move.
- "Why, God be thanked, ma'am, I'm stout and hearty; and though I say it mysilf, there's not an ould woman in the county can stir about betther nor me, and I'm up ivery mornin' at the peep of day, and rout them all up out of their beds. Don't I?" said she, looking at Mary.
routnoun詞源 2/ɹaʊt/
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The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- The rout of the enemy was complete.
- The visiting football team was put to rout.
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governmentmilitarypoliticsThe retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
- [T]hy Army preſently, / (As if they could not ſtand, when thou wert downe) / Diſperſt in rout, betooke them all to flie: [...]
- And the authorities in Moscow presented the rout in the northeast as a planned “regrouping.”
routverb詞源 2/ɹaʊt/
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To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- [T]hat Party of the King's Horſe which Charged the Scots, ſo totally Routed and defeated their whole Army, that they fled all ways for many Miles together, and were knock'd on the head, and taken Priſoners by the Country, [...]
- They write with eloquence against the men, using the men’s own language to embarrass them and sometimes even to rout them.
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archaicTo retreat from a confrontation in disorder.
- The Ra division broke in panic and fled up against the just-arriving Amon division, which as a result began to rout as well.
routverb詞源 3/ɹaʊt/
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regionalTo snore, especially loudly.
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regionalTo make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
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archaicEspecially of the sea, thunder, wind, etc.: to make a loud roaring noise; to howl, to roar, to rumble.
routnoun詞源 3/ɹaʊt/
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A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
routverb詞源 4/ɹaʊt/
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Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
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Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
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Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
routnoun詞源 4/ɹaʊt/
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A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
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A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- And what of this new book the whole world makes ſuch a rout about?—Oh! 'tis out of all plumb, my Lord,—quite an irregular thing!
routverb詞源 5/ɹaʊt/
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To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
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Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
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Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- Nevertheless, he was always stimulated by Winsett, and whenever he caught sight of the journalist's lean bearded face and melancholy eyes he would rout him out of his corner and carry him off for a long talk.
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Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- [L]et us try to realise a party of people arriving before daybreak, on a cold mizzly morning, at a sloppy piece of grassland, routed up by vagrant pigs, and poached into holes by horses out for their Sunday holiday, [...]
- Here was Christmas with some Shorthorns, a black sow of Black Diamond blood, and one of the very best of the day, busily routing by the brook side, and a two-year-old cross between a blood horse and a Suffolk mare.
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To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
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Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
routverb詞源 6/ɹaʊt/
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Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
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Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
routverb詞源 7/ɹaʊt/
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archaicTo beat or strike (someone or something); to assail (someone or something) with blows.
routnoun詞源 7/ɹaʊt/
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archaicA violent movement; a heavy or stunning blow or stroke.
routnoun詞源 8
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obsoleteThe brant or brent goose (Branta bernicla).
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。