英语词汇“imp”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Noun scooped up the little imp and took him to bed a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Together, the five –- plus an extra character, a pet imp named Beans – completed the Dire Dogs.

Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 May 2022 In South African mythology, the tokoloshe is a malicious imp that preys on its victims at night.

Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 The show's sixth and final season pits Supergirl and her Super Friends against Nyxly (Peta Sergeant), a vengeful Fifth Dimensional imp who is desperately searching for seven magical totems that, when combined, will give her ultimate power.

EW.com, 28 Oct. 2021 The stories about its little, red-haired imp and his pranks still retain cult status today.

John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Oct. 2021 Presiding above it all is Pesce himself, an imp in Issey Miyake, delighting in his creations, wonky and Wonka.

Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021 Hell on Earth is imminent, and Coy Blackler’s only real ally is Harper, a fellow test pilot/guinea pig whose symbiotic relationship with a cherubim-ish imp also is highly unstable.

al, 23 July 2021 In a sense, Keough gets to play the film’s presiding artist, an imp of the perverse who sets things in motion just to see what might happen.

Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 29 June 2021 Are Descartes’ almost perfect illusionist, Laplace’s nearly omniscient intelligence and Maxwell’s entropy-resistant imp really as tangible as a microchip or a shock wave?

Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2020

Verb

Imping, her father had called this sort of frenzied picking.

Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English impe, from Old English impa, from impian to imp

Verb

Middle English, from Old English impian to graft, from Vulgar Latin *imputare, from Late Latin impotus grafted shoot, from Greek emphytos implanted, from emphyein to implant, from em- en- entry 2 + phyein to bring forth — more at be

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	imp
释义	imp 1 of 3 noun ˈimp 1 a : a small demon : fiend b : a mischievous child : urchin 2 obsolete : shoot, bud also : graft entry 1 imp 2 of 3 verb imped; imping; imps transitive verb 1 : to graft or repair (a wing, tail, or feather) with a feather to improve a falcon's flying capacity 2 : to equip with wings imp 3 of 3 abbreviation 1 imperative 2 imperfect 3 imperial 4 import; imported Synonyms Noun devil hellion mischief monkey rapscallion rascal rogue scamp urchin See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun scooped up the little imp and took him to bed a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps Recent Examples on the Web Noun Together, the five –- plus an extra character, a pet imp named Beans – completed the Dire Dogs. Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 27 May 2022 In South African mythology, the tokoloshe is a malicious imp that preys on its victims at night. Hedley Twidle, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021 The show's sixth and final season pits Supergirl and her Super Friends against Nyxly (Peta Sergeant), a vengeful Fifth Dimensional imp who is desperately searching for seven magical totems that, when combined, will give her ultimate power. EW.com, 28 Oct. 2021 The stories about its little, red-haired imp and his pranks still retain cult status today. John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Oct. 2021 Presiding above it all is Pesce himself, an imp in Issey Miyake, delighting in his creations, wonky and Wonka. Matthew Schneier, Curbed, 14 Sep. 2021 Hell on Earth is imminent, and Coy Blackler’s only real ally is Harper, a fellow test pilot/guinea pig whose symbiotic relationship with a cherubim-ish imp also is highly unstable. al, 23 July 2021 In a sense, Keough gets to play the film’s presiding artist, an imp of the perverse who sets things in motion just to see what might happen. Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 29 June 2021 Are Descartes’ almost perfect illusionist, Laplace’s nearly omniscient intelligence and Maxwell’s entropy-resistant imp really as tangible as a microchip or a shock wave? Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2020 Verb Imping, her father had called this sort of frenzied picking. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017 See More Word History Etymology Noun Middle English impe, from Old English impa, from impian to imp Verb Middle English, from Old English impian to graft, from Vulgar Latin imputare, from Late Latin impotus* grafted shoot, from Greek emphytos implanted, from emphyein to implant, from em- en- entry 2 + phyein to bring forth — more at be First Known Use Noun before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2 Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition imp noun ˈimp 1 : a small demon 2 : a mischievous child Medical Definition IMP noun ˌī-ˌem-ˈpē : inosinic acid imp noun 1 as in monkey an appealingly mischievous person scooped up the little imp and took him to bed Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance monkey devil rogue hellion scamp mischief brat rascal urchin rapscallion madcap nuisance disrupter ragamuffin larker cutup gamin misbehaver juvenile delinquent skylarker gamine Antonyms & Near Antonyms cur snake creep clown beast lout skunk louse heel boor cad joker churl stinker villain cretin knave scoundrel miscreant scapegrace stinkard varlet scalawag reprobate scallywag See More 2 as in demon an evil spirit a story about a crumbling mansion infested with a brood of imps Synonyms & Similar Words demon ghoul ghost devil vampire elf wraith goblin genie fairy nightmare shaitan fiend ghoulie spirit daemon cacodemon monster dwarf hag banshee lamia succubus incubus gremlin pixie troll phantom faerie gnome sprite jinn apparition kobold spook hobgoblin ogre fay phantasm shadow afreet poltergeist jinni specter puck bugbear leprechaun djinn vision pixy faery familiar spectre afrit djinni bogy brownie genius bogey fantasm bogie familiar spirit shade Antonyms & Near Antonyms angel
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