Scamper



GRE

解释

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• v. 奔跑, 快跑
• ［英］ v. 奔跑, 快跑 ( to run nimbly and playfully about)
• ［记］ 来自scamp ( 强盗) +er, 强盗抢了东西就跑
• ［例］ The mouse scampered into its hole.

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (scampered; scampering)

• Etymology: probably from obsolete Dutch schampen to flee, from Middle French escamper, from Italian scampare, from Vulgar Latin *excampare to decamp, from Latin ex- + campus field
• Date: 1685
• to run nimbly and usually playfully about

II. noun

• Date: 1697
• a playful or hurried run or movement

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