tramp

英 [træmp] 美 [træmp]

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※ 提供单词"tramp"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

tramp 重步行走，踩，踏，流浪汉，流浪者

来自低地德语 trampen,踩，踏，跺脚，来自 Proto-Germanic*tremp-,踩，踏，来自 IE*der,步行，走，跑，词源同 tread,trap.-amp,表音缀，比较 clamp,dump,lump.引申词义流浪汉，流浪者等。

tramp (n.): "person who wanders about, idle vagrant, vagabond," 1660s, from tramp (v). Sense of "steamship which takes cargo wherever it can be traded" (as opposed to one running a regular line) is attested from c. 1880. The meaning "promiscuous woman" is from 1922. Sense of "a long, toilsome walk" is from 1786.
tramp (v.): late 14c., "walk heavily, stamp," from Middle Low German trampen "to stamp," from Proto-Germanic *tremp- (cognates: Danish trampe, Swedish trampa "to tramp, stamp," Gothic ana-trimpan "to press upon"), from PIE *der- (1) "to run, walk, step" (see tread (v.)). Related: Tramped; tramping.

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1. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.: 流浪汉从深口袋里掏出了一截蜡烛。

2. He recently decapitated a tramp on the London Underground.: 他最近在伦敦地铁里将一个流浪汉的头砍了下来。

3. And can't you dress more decently—people will think you're a tramp.: 你就不能穿得更体面一些吗——别人还以为你是个流浪汉呢。