vamp
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /væmp/
美 /væmp/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The top part of a boot or shoe, above the sole and welt and in front of the ankle seam, that covers the instep and toes; the front part of an upper; the analogous part of a stocking.
— The flow of water was in my ears, and in my eyes a hazy spreading, and upon my brain a closure, as a cobbler sews a vamp up.
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A volunteer firefighter.
— John Mackin is one of the old-timers of the new Department. He was a volunteer fireman as well, […] John Mackin was among the number of "old vamps" who made application to the first Board of Fire Commissioners for appointment in the Paid Department.
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A flirtatious, seductive woman, especially one who exploits men by using their sexual desire for her.
— It is the vamp who has a sense of humor that can really hold a man. She laughs at him, even as she is seeking to allure him—and he adores it.
- Something added to give an old thing a new appearance.
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A vampire.
— The leader of the vampire cult (played by Ramon D'Salva) leads his cult of fellow vamps in an attack against some nasty werewolves.
- Something patched up, pieced together, improvised, or refurbished.
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A repeated and often improvised accompaniment, usually consisting of one or two measures, often a single chord or simple chord progression, repeated as necessary, for example, to accommodate dialogue or to anticipate the entrance of a soloist.
— I would go even further and say that, once [Stephen] Sondheim had ceased to compose classical music with its nonspecific accompaniments, he began to explore how effectively a vamp can flesh out a character for the stage. He had little need to write distinctive vamps for his Williams [College] shows, but already in 1954—before the highly characteristic vamps in West Side Story—we see him growing in his ability to get under a character's skin through his accompaniment.
- An activity or speech intended to fill or stall for time.
动词 v.
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To patch, repair, or refurbish.
— 'Set me some great task, ye gods! and I will show my spirit.' 'Not so,' says the good Heaven; 'plod and plough, vamp your old coats and hats, weave a shoestring; great affairs and the best wine by and by.'
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To seduce or exploit someone.
— We want a musical-comedy star to vamp a Senator or a member of the Cabinet; we want the protective tariff revised up or down because of an actress' whim; we want scarlet scandal in high life. And we are not likely to get them.
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Often as vamp up: to fabricate or put together (something) from existing material, or by adding new material to something existing.
— He has vamp'd an old speech, and the court to their sorrow, / Shall hear him harangue against Prior to morrow.
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To turn (someone) into a vampire.
— If I knew what I know now before I got vamped, I'd do the same thing.
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To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.
— A paſt, vamp'd, future, old, reviv'd, nevv piece, / 'Tvvixt Plautus, Fletcher, Congreve, and Corneille, / Can make a C——r, Jo——n, or O——ll.
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To cosplay a vampire.
— I'm planning to vamp real hard at Friday night's party.
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To cobble together, to extemporize, to improvise.; To perform a vamp (“a repeated, often improvised accompaniment, for example, under dialogue or while waiting for a soloist to be ready”).
— "It is so unkind to joke about it," said the beautiful young lady. "What shall I do? If somebody will vamp an accompaniment, I can get on very well without any music. But if I try to play for myself I shall break down."
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To attach a vamp (to footwear).
— The shoe is now ready to be vamped after the eyelets are put in.
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To travel by foot; to walk.
— Well, vamp on to Marlott, will 'ee, and order that carriage, and maybe I'll drive round and inspect the club.
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To delay or stall for time, as for an audience.
— Keep vamping! Something’s wrong with the mic!
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To pawn.
— 'I'll find my own fencing cove or else vamp it to a pawnbroker.'
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词源 1
From Middle English vaumpe, vaum-pei, vampe (“covering for the foot, perhaps a slipper or understocking; upper of a boot or shoe”), or from Anglo-Norman vampe, *vaumpé (“part of a stocking covering the top of the foot”), from Old French avantpied, avantpiet, variants of avantpié, from avant (“in front”) + pié (“foot”).
Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to have been extended from sense 1 (“top part of a boot or shoe”). Sense 4 (“repeated and often improvised musical accompaniment”) was probably derived from sense 3, and sense 5 (“activity to fill or stall for time”) from sense 4.
The verb senses were derived from the noun. Compare also Middle English vaum-peien (“(uncertain) to repair (footwear) with a new upper or vamp; to fabricate an upper or vamp”).
Noun senses 2 and 3 (“a patch; something patched up or improvised”) appear to have been extended from sense 1 (“top part of a boot or shoe”). Sense 4 (“repeated and often improvised musical accompaniment”) was probably derived from sense 3, and sense 5 (“activity to fill or stall for time”) from sense 4.
The verb senses were derived from the noun. Compare also Middle English vaum-peien (“(uncertain) to repair (footwear) with a new upper or vamp; to fabricate an upper or vamp”).
词源 2
Clipping of vampire. From a character type developed first for silent film, notably for Theda Bara's role in the 1915 film A Fool There Was.
The verb is derived from the noun.
The verb is derived from the noun.
词源 3
Uncertain; possibly related to vamp (etymology 1, above): see the 2008 quotation.
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