tramp

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of walking with heavy steps.
    — My dear sirs, did you actually imagine that one could not follow every clumsy move you made, with Joolby's low comedy tramp and the other two stealing in like a couple of hired assassins in a penny gaff melodrama?
  2. Clipping of trampoline, especially a very small one. abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
  3. A homeless person; a vagabond. derogatory,sometimes
    — [S]he had expected to discover a burglar of one or another accepted type—either a dashing cracksman in full-blown evening dress, lithe, polished, pantherish, or a common yegg, a red-eyed, unshaven, burly brute in the rags and tatters of a tramp.
  4. A disreputable, promiscuous woman; a slut. derogatory
    — I can't believe you'd let yourself be seen with that tramp.
  5. Any ship which does not have a fixed schedule or published ports of call.
    — I was so happy on board that ship, I could not have believed it possible. We had the beastliest weather, and many discomforts; but the mere fact of its being a tramp-ship gave us many comforts; we could cut about with the men and officers, stay in the wheel-house, discuss all manner of things, and really be a little at sea.
  6. A long walk, possibly of more than one day, in a scenic or wilderness area. Australia,New-Zealand
    — I got in with the American Fur Company and set out for another tramp to trade with the Indians on the North and South Platte Rivers.
  7. Of objects, stray, intrusive and unwanted.
    — Your last delivery of copper ore contained half a hundredweight of tramp metal.
  8. A metal plate worn by diggers under the hollow of the foot to save the shoe.
  9. Shaking or juddering of a vehicle's driving axle under hard acceleration or braking, caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, and leading to reduction in tire traction.
动词 v.
  1. To walk with heavy footsteps.
  2. To walk for a long time (usually through difficult terrain).
    — We tramped through the woods for hours before we found the main path again.
  3. To hitchhike.
  4. To tread upon forcibly and repeatedly; to trample. transitive
  5. To travel or wander through. transitive
    — to tramp the country
  6. To cleanse, as clothes, by treading upon them in water. Scotland,transitive
    — Soak them [blankets, etc.], add to the water in which the linens were washed some soap, and also some of the preparation to produce a strong lather; rub or tramp them, then rinse and dry.
  7. To scram; begone. colloquial,intransitive
    — She hesitated, “be off—tramp, march,” he exclaimed, in a tone which the poor girl dared not disobey. She left the room, and Edward followed her to the door.
  8. To shake or judder under hard acceleration or braking, referring to the movement of a vehicle's driving axle caused by the suspension not fully restraining it, leading to reduction in tire traction. intransitive

词形变化

tramps plural tramps present,singular,third-person tramping participle,present tramped participle,past tramped past tramps plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English trampen (“to walk heavily”), from Middle Low German trampen (“to stamp”) (trampeln (“to walk with heavy steps”), see trample) or from Middle Dutch trampen (“to stamp”), from Proto-West Germanic *trampan (“to step”). Doublet of tremp.
Cognate with Dutch trampen (“to stamp, kick, step”), dialectal German trampen (“to step, walk, tread”), whence commoner German trampeln (“to trample”). Probably related to trap.
词源 2
Clipping of trampoline (ultimately related to the verb via German trampeln).
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