scamp

英 [sk?mp] 美[sk?mp]
  • n. 流氓;(昵稱)頑皮的家伙
  • vt. 草率地做,對(duì)…草率行事
  • vi. 為人吝嗇;節(jié)儉

暢通詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


復(fù)數(shù):?scamps;

中文詞源


scamp 流氓,騙子,劫匪,淘氣鬼,搗蛋鬼

可能縮寫自 scamper,逃跑。引申詞義流氓,劫匪,騙子,后由于罵小孩而詞義略帶褒義化。

英文詞源


scamp (n.)
1782, "highway robber," probably from dialectal verb scamp "to roam" (1753, perhaps from 16c.), shortened from scamper. Used affectionately in sense "rascal" since 1808.
scamp (v.)
"do in a hasty manner," 1837, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse skemma "to shorten, make shorter," from skammr "short; brief; lately"), or a blend of scant and skimp [Klein], or a back-formation from scamper. Related: Scamped; scamping.

雙語例句


1. Have some respect for me, you scamp!
對(duì)我尊重點(diǎn),你這個(gè)小混蛋!

來自柯林斯例句

2. A scamp put the arm on him last night when he was on his way home.
昨晚在回家的路上,他遭到流氓的搶劫.

來自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

3. Maybe we did misjudge the scamp about not being a soldier.
也許我們不相信他當(dāng)過兵是把這個(gè)流氓估計(jì)錯(cuò)了.

來自飄(部分)

4. Don't pamperdamp scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
要寵潮濕惡棍流浪漢營(yíng)地下坡道燈.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Don't pamper scamp tramps that camp under ramp lamps.
不要縱容那些渾身濕漉漉的流氓在斜坡的路燈下踐踏露營(yíng)地.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)