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.
Значення
значень: 8(перехідне)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
(ширше, жартівливе, часто, перехідне)A mischievous child.
Bengel, Schlingel, Teufelchen
баловни́кbalovník, баловни́цаbalovníca, бесёнокbesjónok
one who is playfully mischievous
(ширше, перехідне)A baby Tasmanian devil.
(Британія, ширше, розмовне, перехідне)A supporter (or less commonly, a player) of the Lincoln City Football Club.
(сленг, перехідне)Synonym of god (“person who owns and runs a multi-user dungeon”).
(застаріле, перехідне)A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
(застаріле, перехідне)An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.
(Британія, діалектне, застаріле, перехідне)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).
Приклади
речень: 3That pesky imp must be punished.
What a little imp he is!
deWas er doch für ein Satansbraten ist!
Those imps must be stopped.
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мов: 8За значеннями 1
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Походження
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).
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