| 单词 | imp |
| 释义 | imp (once / 794 pages) n An imp is a trouble maker — not a thug or a criminal, but a mischievous sort who might make prank phone calls or harass a substitute teacher. Impe is an Old English word meaning young plant shoot. It was eventually applied to the offspring of people and later used pejoratively in the sense of offspring of the devil. The devilish meaning remains, but an imp can also be any mischievous person, especially a small child. You might call the boy you babysit an imp if he's in the habit of playing tricks on you — like locking you out of the house. WORD FAMILYimp: impish, implike, imps+/impish: impishly, impishness USAGE EXAMPLESIn another European soccer tournament, the Lincoln Red Imps defeated perennial Scottish champions Celtic 1-0 in a first-leg qualifying match of the Champions League. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) Squadrons of Imps or other forms of dungeon-delving demons could be escapees from a gothic church mural. Time(Nov 28, 2016) All that was missing was a shot of Imperial whiskey with an Iron City Beer chaser—an Imp and an Iron, we called it. Golf Digest(Oct 04, 2016) 1n one who is playfully mischievous Syn|Hypo|Hyper monkey, rapscallion, rascal, scalawag, scallywag, scamp brat, holy terror, little terror, terror a very troublesome child child, fry, kid, minor, nestling, nipper, shaver, small fry, tiddler, tike, tyke, youngster a young person of either sex 2n (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous Syn|Hypo|Hyper brownie, elf, gremlin, hob, pixie, pixy leprechaun a mischievous elf in Irish folklore sandmanan elf in fairy stories who sprinkles sand in children's eyes to make them sleepy faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers |
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