no obj., with adverbial of direction
1- walk heavily or noisily重步行走:
he tramped about the room.
他在房间里噔噔地走来走去。
1.1
- walk through or over a place wearily or reluctantly and for long distances(艰难地)长途跋涉:
we have tramped miles over mountain and moorland.
我们越过高山, 穿过沼泽, 长距离跋涉。
1.2
- with obj. tread or stamp on踩, 踏:
one of the few wines still tramped by foot.
一种仍用脚踏法酿造的酒。
1
- a person who travels from place to place on foot in search of work or as a vagrant or beggar漂泊者, 流浪汉, 流浪乞丐。
2
- in sing. the sound of heavy steps, typically of several people(尤指多人)沉重的脚步声:
the tramp of marching feet.
重重的行军脚步声。
3
- in sing. a long walk, typically a tiring one(尤指令人疲惫的)长途跋涉:
she was freshly returned from a tramp round Norwich.
她刚从诺里奇跋涉回来。
4
- usu. as modifier a cargo vessel that carries goods between many different ports rather than sailing a fixed route(航线不定的)货船:
a tramp steamer.
一艘不定航线的货船。
5
- informal, chiefly US a promiscuous woman〈非正式, 主美〉荡妇, 淫妇。
6
- a metal plate protecting the sole of a boot used for digging(为挖地而穿的长统靴底)金属片。
6.1
- the top of the blade of a spade铲尖。
派生词
tramper
nountrampish
adjective词源
late Middle English (as a verb): probably of Low German origin. The noun dates from the mid 17th cent.