Word · Frequency #29540
scamp
顽皮的人；淘气鬼；小淘气
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
- 1.
A rascal, swindler, or rogue; a ne'er-do-well.
无赖,骗子,流氓；游手好闲的人。
- 2.
A preliminary design sketch.
初步设计草图。
- 3.
A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster.
调皮的人,尤指淘气的小孩。
无赖；骗子；恶棍；不务正业的人；初步设计草图；草图；无赖,骗子,流氓；游手好闲的人。；初步设计草图。；调皮的人,尤指淘气的小孩。
In use
The little boy was a scamp, always playing tricks on his friends.
She scamped her homework, finishing it in just ten minutes.
The scamp ran through the park, laughing and dodging people.
a/an + (adjective) + scamp
形容词常带有贬义或戏谑，如'old'、'cunning'。
He's a cunning scamp.
他是个狡猾的流氓。
scamp (as vocative, often preceded by 'you')
用于称呼，语气可以是假意责备或亲昵。
You scamp, I should have known you'd try that.
你这流氓，我早该知道你会耍这招。
the scamp (as subject or object)
定冠词指代特定的人，通常用于叙述中。
Connections
Collocations
- little scamp
- 小淘气鬼
- Come here, you little scamp!过来，你这个小淘气鬼！
- cheeky scamp
- 顽皮的小家伙
- The cheeky scamp hid my keys for a joke.那个顽皮的小家伙开玩笑把我的钥匙藏了起来。
- mischievous scamp
- 淘气的小鬼
- The mischievous scamp tied his sister's shoelaces together.那个淘气的小鬼把他姐姐的鞋带系在了一起。
- young scamp
- 小捣蛋鬼
- He was a young scamp who loved to play pranks.他是个爱搞恶作剧的小捣蛋鬼。
Synonyms
- rascal
- 淘气鬼；小捣蛋 · 最常用的对应词；语气友好，指调皮捣蛋的人，尤其小孩；也可指无赖，但此处不强调欺骗。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 scam（骗局）末尾加个 p，读音相近：既指“骗子/无赖”，也可指“淘气小鬼”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、儿童文学、家庭语境 本条目分析的是“淘气的小孩”这一义项。scamp 在这个义项上通常是非正式用语，多用于日常对话、儿童文学或亲昵的责备中，带有喜爱或宽容的语气。复数形式是 scamps。
Grammar Note
常指品行不端的人，尤指小孩或年轻人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with scamp: they share the stressed vowel and following sounds /æmp/. Be careful with lookalikes like 'scam' (/skæm/), which lacks the final /p/, and 'scalp' (/skælp/), which has a different final cluster.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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