scamp

FREQ #25178

n. 流氓 vt. 草率地做

发音

其它 /ˈskæmp/

词形变化

scamps 复数 scamped scamping scamps 三单 scamps scamping 现在分词 scamped 过去式 scamped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.

    恶棍

    流氓

  2. 2.

    A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.

    小鬼

    My nephew is a little scamp who likes to leave lighted firecrackers under the lawnchairs of his dozing elders.

    While walking home from the bar, he was set upon by a bunch of scamps who stole his hat.

  3. 1.

    A preliminary design sketch.

    商务
v.
  1. 1.

    To skimp; to do something in a skimpy or slipshod fashion.

    过时

    1884, Samuel Smiles, Men of Invention and Industry His work was always first-rate. There was no scamping about it. Everything that he did was thoroughly good and honest.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

monkey rascal imp rapscallion scalawag scallywag

上位词 10

kid child minor fry youngster nipper shaver tyke nestling small fry

下位词 3

terror brat holy terror
动词

上位词 3

do perform execute

相关短语

royal scamp

词源

From Middle Dutch schampen (“slip away”), from Old French escamper (“to run away, to make one's escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excampāre. Compare escape.

来源：wiktionary