imp
A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable…A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
» That pesky imp must be punished.
Значение
значений: 8(переходный)A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).
Kobold, Teufelchen
бесёнокbesjónok, чертёнокčertjónok, чёртикčórtik
бісеня́bisenjá, бі́сикbísyk, чортеня́čortenjá
(шире, шутливое, часто, переходный)A mischievous child.
Bengel, Schlingel, Teufelchen
баловни́кbalovník, баловни́цаbalovníca, бесёнокbesjónok
one who is playfully mischievous
(шире, переходный)A baby Tasmanian devil.
(Британия, шире, разговорное, переходный)A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
(сленг, переходный)Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
(устаревшее, переходный)A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
(устаревшее, переходный)An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
(Британия, диалектное, устаревшее, переходный)Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).
Примеры
предложений: 3That pesky imp must be punished.
What a little imp he is!
deWas er doch für ein Satansbraten ist! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Those imps must be stopped.
Переводы
языков: 8По значениям 1
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По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English impe, ympe (“tree branch; shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, saplFrom Middle English impe, ympe (“tree branch; shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling; tree”) [and other forms], from Old English impa, impe (“shoot, sprig; graft, scion; young tree, sapling, seedling”), from impian, ġeimpian (“to graft”) (see etymology 1).
From implementer.
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