no obj., with adverbial of direction
- (especially of a small animal or child) run with quick light steps, especially through fear or excitement(尤指小动物或小孩由于害怕或兴奋而)蹦跳; 奔跑:
he scampered in like an overgrown puppy.
他像一条长得超大的小狗一样蹦蹦跳跳地进来。
词源
late 17th cent. (in the sense 'run away'): probably from SCAMP2 .