imp

C1 FREQ #29765

n. 顽童 vt. 加强, 给...装上翅膀 [计] 图象处理程序, 接口信息处理器

发音

US /ɪmp/
UK /ɪmp/
其它

词形变化

imps 复数 imped imping imps 三单 imps imping 现在分词 imped 过去式 imped 过去分词

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).

    恶魔

    邪鬼

    及物 媒体 宗教 神话 哲学
  2. 2.

    A mischievous child.

    小鬼

    幽默 及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    A baby Tasmanian devil.

    及物 引申义
  4. 4.

    A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.

    非正式 及物 引申义
  5. 5.

    A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).

    方言 废旧 及物
  8. 1.

    Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).

    俚语 及物 游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.

    古体 比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.

    及物 生物 体育 医学 动物学
  4. 4.

    To provide (someone or something) with wings, hence enabling them or it to soar.

    比喻 及物 引申义
  5. 5.

    To add to or unite an object with (something) to lengthen the latter out or repair it; to eke out, enlarge, strengthen.

    及物 引申义

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English impe, ympe (“tree branch; shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling; tree”) [and other forms], from Old English impa, impe (“shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling”), from impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”) (see etymology 1).

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