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单词 vamper
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
vamp1 /væmp/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
  2. Music and Dancean introductory musical passage commonly consisting of a repeated succession of chords played before the start of a solo.

v. [+ object]
  1. to repair (a shoe) with a new vamp.
  2. to patch;
    repair.
  3. to concoct or invent:[+ up + object]to vamp up ugly rumors.

vamp2 /væmp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a seductive or attractive woman who uses her beauty to get men to submit.

v. [+ object]
  1. to seduce with feminine charms.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
vamp1 (vamp),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. the portion of a shoe or boot upper that covers the instep and toes.
  2. something patched up or pieced together.
  3. Music and Dance[Jazz.]an accompaniment, usually improvised, consisting of a succession of simple chords.

v.t. 
  1. to furnish with a vamp, esp. to repair (a shoe or boot) with a new vamp.
  2. to patch up;
    repair.
  3. to give (something) a new appearance by adding a patch or piece.
  4. to concoct or invent (often fol. by up):He vamped up a few ugly rumors to discredit his enemies.
  5. Music and Dance[Jazz.]to improvise (an accompaniment or the like).

v.i. 
  1. Music and Dance[Jazz.]to improvise an accompaniment, tune, etc.
  • Anglo-French; Middle French avant-pie, equivalent. to avant- fore- (see avaunt) + pie foot (French pied; see -ped)
  • Middle English vampe 1175–1225
vamper, n. 
vampish, adj. 

vamp2 (vamp),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. a seductive woman who uses her sensuality to exploit men.

v.t. 
  1. to use feminine charms upon;
    seduce.

v.i. 
  1. to act as a vamp.
  • short for vampire 1905–10

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