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

imp1

/ɪmp

noun

1A small, mischievous devil or sprite.You say, ‘I've never seen any imps, sprites or goblins in this whole neighborhood!’...

On Thursday night, we will all answer the door to find assorted little devils, imps and ghosts thrusting forward a bag half filled with processed sugar to the cry of ‘Trick or treat’.
I looked at the tracks and saw that little goblins, imps, fairies, and sprites had been in my house.

Synonyms

demon, little devil, devil, fiend;

hobgoblin, goblin, elf, sprite, puck

archaic bugbear

rare cacodemon

1.1A mischievous child: a cheeky young imp...

The latter turned into mischief night: ‘a night supposed by the imps of mischief (rough youths) to be, under some old law or tradition, theirs to do as they wish with’.
The director steered clear of portraying him as a cheeky imp and wisely made him a nameless creep.
Lucy was the youngest of five daughters and was described by her family as a ‘mischievous little imp with a cheeky smile’.

Synonyms

rascal, scamp, monkey, fiend, demon, devil, mischief-maker, troublemaker, prankster, rogue, wretch, brat, urchin, whippersnapper, tearaway;

minx, chit

informal monster, horror, mischief, holy terror

British informal perisher

Irish informal spalpeen

Northern English informal tyke, scally

North American informal hellion, varmint

archaic scapegrace, jackanapes, rapscallion, rip

verb [with object]

Repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather.

Origin

Old English impa, impe 'young shoot, scion', impian 'to graft', based on Greek emphuein 'to implant'. In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, especially of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil’ or mischievous child (early 17th century).

Plants were the original imps. The word goes back to Greek phuein ‘to plant’. The Old English sense ‘a young shoot of a plant’ became ‘a descendant, especially of a noble family’ in the late Middle Ages, and from there developed into ‘a child of the devil’. Mischievous children began to be called imps in the mid 17th century. The Hillman company gave the name Imp to its new small car in 1963—it never matched the success of its rival, the Mini.

Rhymes

IMP2

abbreviation

1Manx pound(s).

2 Bridge International Match Point.

单词	imp
释义	imp1 /ɪmp / noun 1A small, mischievous devil or sprite.You say, ‘I've never seen any imps, sprites or goblins in this whole neighborhood!’... On Thursday night, we will all answer the door to find assorted little devils, imps and ghosts thrusting forward a bag half filled with processed sugar to the cry of ‘Trick or treat’. I looked at the tracks and saw that little goblins, imps, fairies, and sprites had been in my house. Synonyms demon, little devil, devil, fiend; hobgoblin, goblin, elf, sprite, puck archaic bugbear rare cacodemon 1.1A mischievous child: a cheeky young imp... The latter turned into mischief night: ‘a night supposed by the imps of mischief (rough youths) to be, under some old law or tradition, theirs to do as they wish with’. The director steered clear of portraying him as a cheeky imp and wisely made him a nameless creep. Lucy was the youngest of five daughters and was described by her family as a ‘mischievous little imp with a cheeky smile’. Synonyms rascal, scamp, monkey, fiend, demon, devil, mischief-maker, troublemaker, prankster, rogue, wretch, brat, urchin, whippersnapper, tearaway; minx, chit informal monster, horror, mischief, holy terror British informal perisher Irish informal spalpeen Northern English informal tyke, scally North American informal hellion, varmint archaic scapegrace, jackanapes, rapscallion, rip verb [with object] Repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather. Origin Old English impa, impe 'young shoot, scion', impian 'to graft', based on Greek emphuein 'to implant'. In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, especially of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil’ or mischievous child (early 17th century). Plants were the original imps. The word goes back to Greek phuein ‘to plant’. The Old English sense ‘a young shoot of a plant’ became ‘a descendant, especially of a noble family’ in the late Middle Ages, and from there developed into ‘a child of the devil’. Mischievous children began to be called imps in the mid 17th century. The Hillman company gave the name Imp to its new small car in 1963—it never matched the success of its rival, the Mini. Rhymes blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp IMP2 abbreviation 1Manx pound(s). 2 Bridge International Match Point.
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