中英词典:scamp
形容词:
1. (指人)顽皮的,淘气的
同义词:mischievous, naughty, rascally
例句:
- She's a scamp, always getting into trouble.
她是个淘气鬼,总是惹麻烦。 - The scampish boy drew funny faces on all the blackboards.
那个顽皮的男孩在所有的黑板上画了滑稽的脸。
2. (指行为)不负责任的,草率的
同义词:careless, reckless, irresponsible
例句:
- He did a scamp job on repairing the roof, and now it's leaking again.
他草率地修理了屋顶,现在又漏水了。 - Her scamp behavior caused a lot of problems for the team.
她不负责任的行为给团队带来了很多问题。
名词:
1. (指人)淘气鬼,顽童
同义词:rascal, rogue, imp
例句:
- The little scamp stole my candy and ran away laughing.
那个小淘气鬼偷了我的糖果,笑着跑开了。 - He's a scamp, but we can't help but love him.
他是个淘气鬼,但我们忍不住爱他。
2. (指动物)小猫,小狗
例句:
- The scamp followed the children home and they decided to keep him as a pet.
那只小狗跟着孩子们回家,他们决定把它养作宠物。 - She found a scamp in the park and took it to the animal shelter.
她在公园里找到了一只小猫,然后把它送到了动物收容所。
词语辨析:
scamp, rascal, rogue
这三个词都可以表示淘气、顽皮的人,但语气和用法上有些差别。
scamp:语气较轻,常用来形容孩子或年轻人,带有一定的亲切和宽容的意味。
rascal:语气较重,指那些经常捣蛋、作恶或欺骗的人,有时会带有不好的暗示。
rogue:语气更重,指那些经常以不诚实或不道德的方式行事的人,有时会带有狡诈的意味。
词汇扩充:
scampish(形容词):淘气的,恶作剧的
scampishly(副词):淘气地,恶作剧地
scampishness(名词):淘气,恶作剧
近义词:
mischievous, naughty, rascally, rascal, imp, rogue
反义词:
well-behaved, obedient, responsible
柯林斯词典:
scamp [noun]
- If you say that someone, especially a child, is a scamp, you mean that they behave badly but in a way that is amusing rather than serious or harmful.
- If you say that someone scamps a piece of work, you mean that they do it quickly and not very carefully.
scamp [verb]
- If you say that someone scamps a piece of work, you mean that they do it quickly and not very carefully.
牛津词典:
scamp [noun]
- A person, especially a child, who is mischievous in an appealing way.
- A person who performs a task quickly and carelessly.
scamp [verb]
- Do (something) in a hurried, careless, or imperfect way.
用法:
1. scamp作为形容词时,通常用来形容人的行为,表示顽皮、淘气或不负责任。
2. scamp作为名词时,可以用来指淘气的人、顽童或小动物(如小猫、小狗)。
3. scamp作为动词时,表示草率地、匆忙地完成某事。
例句:
- He's a scamp, but we can't help but love him.
- The scampish boy drew funny faces on all the blackboards.
- Her scamp behavior caused a lot of problems for the team.
- The little scamp stole my candy and ran away laughing.
- The scamp followed the children home and they decided to keep him as a pet.
- He did a scamp job on repairing the roof, and now it's leaking again.
- She found a scamp in the park and took it to the animal shelter.
- He scamps through his homework so he can go out to play.
- The contractor scamped the construction of the building, leading to numerous defects.
- She scamped her piano practice and didn't make any progress.