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- a mischievous child顽童, 小淘气：
a cheeky young imp.
无礼顽童。
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- a small, mischievous devil or sprite小淘气鬼, 小淘气妖精。
with obj.
- repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather给（受过训的猎鹰的翅膀或尾巴）移植（或修补）羽毛。
词源
Old English impa， impe 'young shoot， scion'， impian 'to graft'， based on Greek emphuein 'to implant'. In late Middle English， the noun denoted a descendant， especially of a noble family， and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a 'little devil' or mischievous child （early 17th cent.）.