vamper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who vamps; one who creates or repairs by piecing old things together; a cobbler.
    — Cibber, a vamper of other men’s plays, has borrowed from it his favourite Nonjuror, and applied it to the purposes of a political party.
动词 v.
  1. To swagger; to make an ostentatious show. Scotland,UK,dialectal
    — The temple of thy body, look with scorn, Why doth that vamper'd glution eat no more

词形变化

vampers plural vampers present,singular,third-person vampering participle,present vampered participle,past vampered past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English vamp
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English vamper
From vamp + -er.
词源 2
Compare vaunt.
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