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单词 tamp down
释义

tamp /tamp/

transitive verb
  1. To stop up (a shot hole) with earth, etc after the explosive has been introduced
  2. To ram down so as to consolidate (eg ballast on a railway track)
  3. To pack round
ORIGIN: Perh back-formation from tampin, variant of tampion

tampˈer noun

  1. A person or thing that tamps
  2. An instrument for pressing down tobacco in a pipe
  3. A casting round the core of a nuclear weapon to delay expansion and act as a neutron reflector

tampˈing noun

  1. The act of filling up a hole for blasting
  2. The material used

tamp down (informal)

To bend the thumb over the neck of a guitar and hold down (one or more bass strings) with it

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