rout

🇬🇧 UK/raut/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A disorderly and overwhelming defeat, causing an enemy to flee in confusion

溃败,大败;乌合之众

v.

To defeat an enemy completely, causing them to flee in disorder

使溃败,彻底击溃

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
routother
=rout

Common Collocations

  • 1.put to rout击溃,使溃败
  • 2.suffer a rout遭遇惨败
  • 3.complete rout彻底溃败
  • 4.turn into a rout演变为溃败

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The home team suffered a humiliating rout, losing by six goals to none.

  • 2.

    The general's bold strategy turned a near defeat into a complete rout of the enemy.

  • 3.

    What began as an orderly retreat quickly turned into a rout as panic spread through the ranks.

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