英語單詞

scamper是什麽意思

scamper

英 ['skæmpə] 美 ['skæmpɚ]
  • vi. 蹦蹦跳跳;奔跑,驚惶奔跑
  • n. 蹦跳;奔跑

助記提示


1. s- (ex- => es- => s-) + camp- (field, campus) + -er.
2. literally "leave the field" => run quickly, run away.

中文詞源


scamper 驚惶逃跑,快跑,蹦蹦跳跳

可能來自古諾斯法語 escamper,逃跑,來自通俗拉丁語*excampare,逃離戰場,來自 ex-,向外, camp,戰場。後原詞義逐漸消失,用於形容小孩蹦蹦跳跳等。

英文詞源


scamper (v.)
"to run quickly," 1680s, probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of schampen "run away," from Old North French escamper (Old French eschamper) "to run away, flee, quit the battlefield, escape," from Vulgar Latin *excampare "decamp," literally "leave the field," from Latin ex campo, from ex "out of" (see ex-) + campo, ablative of campus "field" (see campus). A vogue word late 17c. Related: Scampered; scampering. The noun is 1680s, from the verb.

雙語例句


1. Let the dog for a scamper.
讓狗出去跑一會吧.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. Bundles of candles were procured, and straightway there was a general scamper up the hill.
一捆捆蠟燭拿了出來, 大家立即歡快地開始爬山.

來自英漢文學 - 湯姆曆險

3. " And, discerning the scarlet letter on her breast, would scamper off with a strange, contagious fear. "
待 到看清她胸前的紅字, 便懷著一種害怕受到傳染的奇異的恐懼, 迅速逃開了.

來自英漢 - 翻譯樣例 - 文學

4. She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest.
她喜歡在森林裏的樹林中穿梭嬉戲.

來自互聯網

5. Scamper: Do not yell me! Igor: Please pull switch.
斯坎普: 不要衝我吼! 伊戈爾: 拜托請拉閘.

來自互聯網

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