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]