imp

Word family adjectiveimpishadverbimpishlynounimpimpishness

Related topics: Folklore

imp /ɪmp/ noun [countableC]

1. BAD PERSONa child who behaves badly, but in a way that is funny 调皮的孩子，顽童，小淘气

2. RFa small creature in stories who has magic powers and behaves very badly 〔故事中有魔法爱捉弄人的〕小魔鬼，小妖精

→ impish

Examples from the Corpus

imp• And yet, underneath that veneer of stoicism there lay a devious imp.• They leaped about in the form of imps, black baby devils.• He's dressing up as the Lincoln Imp; the original imp is a carving in Lincoln cathedral.• Yet a devil was loose somewhere, a restless imp had slipped into her and would not be harried or prayed out.• Kappa, the amphibious river imp.• The imp of hell appeared on closer examination to be a neglected child.• Or I should say the wee imp ran into me.

Origin imp

Old English impa

单词	imp
释义	imp Word family adjectiveimpishadverbimpishlynounimpimpishness Related topics: Folklore imp /ɪmp/ noun [countableC] 1. BAD PERSONa child who behaves badly, but in a way that is funny 调皮的孩子，顽童，小淘气 2. RFa small creature in stories who has magic powers and behaves very badly 〔故事中有魔法爱捉弄人的〕小魔鬼，小妖精 → impish Examples from the Corpus imp• And yet, underneath that veneer of stoicism there lay a devious imp.• They leaped about in the form of imps, black baby devils.• He's dressing up as the Lincoln Imp; the original imp is a carving in Lincoln cathedral.• Yet a devil was loose somewhere, a restless imp had slipped into her and would not be harried or prayed out.• Kappa, the amphibious river imp.• The imp of hell appeared on closer examination to be a neglected child.• Or I should say the wee imp ran into me. Origin imp Old English impa
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