rout

rout1
[raʊt]
noun
  1. a disorderly retreat of defeated troops
    溃退
    the retreat degenerated into a rout.
    撤退变成了溃退。
    [mass noun]the army was in a state of demoralization verging on rout.
    部队士气低落濒临溃退的边缘。
    ■a decisive defeat
    溃败，大败
    the party lost more than half their seats in the rout.
    该党在大败中失去了半数以上的席位。
  2. (Law, dated)an assembly of people who have made a move towards committing an illegal act which would constitute an offence of riot
    (律 旧)聚众闹事者
    ■(archaic)a disorderly or tumultuous crowd of people
    (古)嘈杂的人群；骚乱闹事的人群；捣乱分子
    a rout of strangers ought not to be admitted.
    不应该准许一帮骚乱闹事的陌生人进去。
  3. (Brit. archaic)a large evening party or reception
    (英，古)盛大晚会，盛大宴会
verb
  1. [with obj.]defeat and cause to retreat in disorder
    击溃，打垮；使溃退
    in a matter of minutes the attackers were routed.
    进攻者几分钟就被击溃了。
常用词组
put to rout
  1. put to flight; defeat utterly
    击溃，打垮
    I once put a gang to rout.
    我曾经打垮过一帮人。
语源
  1. Middle English: ultimately based on Latin ruptus 'broken', from the verb rumpere; sense 1 and the verb (late 16th cent.) are from obsolete French route, probably from Italian rotta 'break-up of an army'; the other senses are via Anglo-Norman French rute
rout2
[raʊt]
verb
  1. [with obj.]cut a groove, or any pattern not extending to the edges, in (a wooden or metal surface)
    在（木料或金属表面）刨槽（或刻纹）
    you routed each plank all along its length.
    你按着木板的长度给每块木板刨槽。
  2. [no obj.](dialect)(of an animal) turn up ground with its snout in search of food. another term for root
    （动物）用鼻（或嘴）拱土觅食。同 root
    ■find (someone or something), or force them from a place
    找到；搜寻到；挖掘，挖出；撵出
    Simon routed him from the stable.
    西蒙把他撵出了马厩。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): alteration of the verb root. Sense 1 dates from the early 19th cent
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