scamp
scamp1
noun
(informal)
scampish
adjective
语源
scamp2
verb
noun
(informal)
- a person, especially a child, who is mischievous in a likeable or amusing way
(非正式)小淘气，捣蛋鬼
■(W. Indian)a wicked or worthless person; a rogue
(西印度)流氓，无赖
scampish
adjective
语源
- mid 18th cent. (denoting a highwayman): from obsolete scamp 'rob on the highway', probably from Middle Dutch schampen 'slip away', from Old French eschamper. Early usage (still reflected in West Indian English) was derogatory
scamp2
verb
- [with obj.](dated)do (something) in a perfunctory or inadequate way
(旧)敷衍，草率地做
- mid 19th cent.: perhaps the same word as scamp, but associated in sense with the verb skimp
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