释义 |
tramp /tramp/ intransitive verb- To tread, esp heavily or noisily
- To walk
- To go on a walking tour or long walk
- To hike in the bush (NZ)
- To live as a vagrant
- To go in a tramp steamer
transitive verb- To traverse on foot, esp wearily
- To trample
- To tread in a tub in washing clothes (Scot)
noun- A journey on foot
- The sound of heavy footsteps or horses hooves
- A vagrant
- A cargo boat with no fixed route (also tramp steamer)
- A prostitute, an immoral woman (slang)
- A plate of iron worn on the sole for pressing a spade or for giving a foothold on ice
- The footrest of a spade
adverb With tramping noise ORIGIN: ME trampen; cf Ger trampen trampˈer noun trampˈing noun trampˈish adjective tramp element noun (engineering) - Any of the noble metals (eg copper) present in steel scrap which are difficult to remove by refining
- Metal contaminating a structure, such as uranium on nuclear reactor pipework (nuclear eng)
tramp metal noun (engineering) Stray metal pieces accidentally entrained in food or other processed materials, which must be removed before the material leaves the process |