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单词 tramping
释义

tramp

1 of 3

verb

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
 intransitive sense 1 & transitive sense 1 are also  ˈträmp,
ˈtrȯmp
tramped; tramping; tramps

intransitive verb

1
: to walk, tread, or step especially heavily
tramped loudly on the stairs
2
a
: to travel about on foot : hike
b
: to journey as a tramp

transitive verb

1
: to tread on forcibly and repeatedly
2
: to travel or wander through or over on foot
have tramped all the woods on their property
tramper noun

tramp

2 of 3

noun

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
 senses 3 & 4 are also  ˈträmp,
ˈtrȯmp
1
a
: vagrant sense 1a
b
: a foot traveler
c
: a woman of loose morals
specifically : prostitute
2
: a walking trip : hike
3
: the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (such as a road, pavement, or floor)
4
: an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe
5
: a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port

called also tramp steamer

trampy
ˈtram-pē How to pronounce tramp (audio)
adjective

tramp

3 of 3

adjective

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
: having no fixed abode, connection, or destination
a tramp dog

Synonyms

Verb

  • barge
  • clump
  • flog [British]
  • flounder
  • galumph
  • lumber
  • lump
  • plod
  • pound
  • scuff
  • scuffle
  • shamble
  • shuffle
  • slog
  • slough
  • stamp
  • stomp
  • stumble
  • stump
  • tromp
  • trudge

Noun

  • bindle stiff
  • bum
  • bummer
  • hobo
  • sundowner [Australian]
  • swaggie [chiefly Australian]
  • swagman [chiefly Australian]
  • vagabond
  • vagrant
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Example Sentences

Verb We spent the day tramping through the woods. He tramped the streets looking for his dog. Noun a tramp through the woods the police encouraged the tramps who were sleeping in the park to spend the bitterly cold night in the homeless shelter
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Each day, people from all over Russia tramp up several flights of stairs in an old apartment building in central Moscow. Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2022 And then workers have to hoist tools onto their backs and tramp through the brush. Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Squeezed in among the migrants were backpackers from England, Australia, Japan, and Brazil, who would soon be drinking coconut cocktails on the same beaches that some of these refugees would tramp across. Jason Motlagh, Outside Online, 19 July 2016 Malls in Dubai now have Chinese on their signs alongside Arabic and English, with tour groups tramping through and high-end shoppers targeting luxury stores. Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020 On pavements where Soviet workers once tramped to shifts at the Uralmash heavy-machinery plant, babushkas now lay out their wares: apples, mushrooms, smoked fish. The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019 Home to Regan is beyond the reach of modern technology, tramping the loamy forest foraging for mushrooms, wood sorrel and tiny wild strawberries. Deborah Reid, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019 Most backcountry tramping involves climbing mountains using tree roots as a ladder or shimmying across precarious three-wire bridges (or just plain old river crossings) and wading through mud up to your chest. Liz Carlson, Outside Online, 24 June 2019 To view these almost-overgrown messages and art today, our small group tramped through prickly underbrush and tried to imagine the hard, solitary lives the sheepherders led. Sara Lessley, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2019
Noun
Outside the old man’s shop, an odd-looking cricket is dressed like a tramp, speaking in a folksy tongue that’s definitely not Italian. John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022 This bag, Blazy tells me, turning it over, was inspired by the Italian cartoon character of Calimero, a chicken carrying his belongings in a tramp bindle. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022 Be prepared to go without a shower or electricity for the duration of your tramp. Ali Wunderman, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022 Sitting atop an immaculate glass coffee table was an overflowing ashtray and a small pile of hardcover books, the top one of which teased a history of tramp steamers. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2022 The second time netted $1,500 in gold and silver coins — and eventual life sentences because the crash killed a train fireman and a tramp. Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2022 The movie thus plays like a throwback in several respects, back to an era when audiences dutifully flocked to theaters to see the likes of Robert Taylor or Alan Ladd tramp around in armor. Brian Lowry, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021 Synonyms for beggar include hobo, pauper, tramp, vagrant, derelict, mendicant, bum, supplicant, deadbeat, borrower. Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021 And finally, from the column of false negatives, the tart is a bit of a tramp. Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

Noun

1790, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Adjective

1873, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

tramp 1 of 2

verb

ˈtramp How to pronounce tramp (audio)
tramped; tramping
1
: to travel or wander through on foot
They tramped through the thin snow … Susan Cooper, The Dark Is Rising
2
: to walk heavily

tramp

2 of 2

noun

1
: a person who wanders from place to place, has no home or job, and often lives by begging or stealing
2
: the sounds made by the beat of marching feet
3
: hike entry 2

tramping

verb

present participle of tramp
1
as in shuffling
to move heavily or clumsily tramped wearily up the stairs after a long day at work

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • shuffling
  • stomping
  • stumbling
  • trudging
  • barging
  • hauling
  • stamping
  • scuffling
  • sloughing
  • slogging
  • tromping
  • lumbering
  • weaving
  • lurching
  • pounding
  • dragging
  • shambling
  • stumping
  • floundering
  • clumping
  • scuffing
  • galumphing
  • plodding
  • lumping
  • flogging
  • staggering
  • swaying
  • flopping
  • waddling
  • tottering
  • blundering
  • reeling
  • careening
  • doddering
  • wabbling
  • wobbling
  • teetering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sliding
  • gliding
  • coasting
  • whisking
  • waltzing
  • floating
  • drifting
  • hanging
  • breezing
  • hovering
  • wafting
  • poising
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2
as in stomping
to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure didn't mean to tramp your toes as I was running past you

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • stomping
  • stamping
  • trampling
  • kicking
  • champing
  • tromping
  • smashing
  • mashing
  • hoofing
  • squashing
  • running over
  • pulping
  • squelching
  • overriding
  • running down
  • booting
  • stepping (on)
3
as in strolling
to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure we would have happily tramped through the forest for the rest of the day if it hadn't started to rain

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • strolling
  • hiking
  • walking
  • wandering
  • sauntering
  • ambling
  • roaming
  • trekking
  • perambulating
  • marching
  • traversing
  • tromping
  • rambling
  • roving
  • traipsing
  • promenading
  • peregrinating
  • power walking
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