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单词 imp
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
imp /ɪmp/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Mythologya small devil or demon.
  2. a mischievous child:That little imp spilled his cereal all over the floor!

imp.,  an abbreviation of:
  1. Grammarimperative.
  2. Grammarimperfect.
  3. imperial.
  4. import.
  5. imprint.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
imp  (imp),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythologya little devil or demon;
    an evil spirit.
  2. a mischievous child.
  3. [Archaic.]a scion or offshoot of a plant or tree.
  4. [Archaic.]an offspring.

v.t. 
  1. Sport[Falconry.]
    • to graft (feathers) into a wing.
    • to furnish (a wing, tail, etc.) with feathers, as to make good losses or deficiencies and improve powers of flight.
  2. [Archaic.]to add a piece to;
    mend or repair.
  • phrase imp of the devil
  • Greek émphytos planted, implanted, verb, verbal adjective, adjectival of emphŷein to implant (em- em-2 + phŷein to bring forth); (verb, verbal) Middle English impen to plant, graft, Old English impian, geimpian, derivative of the noun, nominal (compare Old High German impfōn, impitōn German impfen to inoculate); sense "demon''
  • Late Latin impotus, imputus grafted shoot
  • (noun, nominal) Middle English impe, Old English impa, impe shoot, graft bef. 900
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scamp, rascal, brat, devil.

IMP, 
  1. GamesInternational Match Point.

Imp., 
    1. Emperor.
      • Latin Imperātor
    2. Empress.
    • Latin Imperātor

imp., 
    1. Grammarimperative.
    2. Grammarimperfect.
    3. imperial.
    4. impersonal.
    5. implement.
    6. import.
    7. important.
    8. imported.
    9. importer.
    10. imprimatur.
    11. in the first place.
      • Latin imprīmīs
    12. imprint.
    13. improper.
    14. improved.
    15. improvement.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
imp /ɪmp/ n
  1. a small demon or devil; mischievous sprite
  2. a mischievous child
vb
  1. (transitive) to insert (new feathers) into the stumps of broken feathers in order to repair the wing of a hawk or falcon
Etymology: Old English impa bud, graft, hence offspring, child, from impian to graft, ultimately from Greek emphutos implanted, from emphuein to implant, from phuein to plant
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
imp. abbreviation for
  1. imperative
  2. imperfect
  3. imperial
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