Imp



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 小鬼; 顽童
• ［英］ n. 小鬼 ( a young demon) ; 顽童 ( a mischievous child)
• ［类］ insensitive : boor / mischievous:imp ( 粗人的特点是迟钝 / 顽童的特点是淘气)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English impe, from Old English impa, from impian to imp
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. obsolete shoot, bud; also graft
• 2.
  • a. a small demon ; fiend
  • b. a mischievous child ; urchin

II. transitive verb

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English impian to graft, from Vulgar Latin *imputare, from Late Latin impotus grafted shoot, from Greek emphytos implanted, from emphyein to implant, from em- ［sup］2［/sup］en- + phyein to bring forth — more at be
• Date: 15th century
• 1. to graft or repair (a wing, tail, or feather) with a feather to improve a falcon's flying capacity
• 2. to equip with wings

III. abbreviation

• 1. imperative
• 2. imperfect
• 3. imperial
• 4. import; imported

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