no obj.
1- (especially of a child or animal) play about roughly and energetically(尤指儿童, 动物)嬉闹玩耍:
the noisy pack of children romped around the gardens.
那群喧闹的孩子在花园各处嬉戏追逐。
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- with adverbial informal proceed without effort to achieve something〈非正式〉轻易取胜; 不费力地完成:
Newcastle romped to victory.
纽卡斯尔队轻易取胜。
1.2
- informal engage in sexual activity, especially illicitly〈非正式〉(尤指非法地)做爱, 淫乱:
a colleague stumbled on the couple romping in an office.
一位同事偶然撞上那对男女在办公室里做爱。
1
- a spell of rough, energetic play(一段时间的)嬉耍喧闹:
a romp in the snow.
雪中的嬉戏欢闹。
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- a light-hearted film or other work轻松愉快的电影(或其他作品):
an enjoyably gross sci-fi romp.
一部轻松愉快、乐趣无穷的科幻电影。
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- informal an easy victory〈非正式〉轻易取得的胜利:
their UEFA Cup romp against the Luxembourg part-timers.
他们在欧洲足球协会联合会杯中对卢森堡业余队的轻易取胜。
1.3
- informal a spell of sexual activity, especially an illicit one〈非正式〉(尤指非法的)做爱, 淫乱:
three-in-a-bed sex romps.
一床三人的淫乱。
词源
early 18th cent.: perhaps an alteration of RAMP.
短语动词
romp home(或in)
- informal finish as the easy winner of a race or other contest〈非正式〉(赛跑或其他竞赛中)轻易取胜:
a 33-1 'no-hoper' romped home.
“无希望队”以33比1轻易取胜。