| 单词 | to scamp off, over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scamp off, over 1. transitive. To do (work, a task, etc.) negligently or hurriedly. Also to scamp off, over. Cf. skimp v. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > working > [verb (transitive)] > do (work) hurriedly or negligently slim1808 scamp1837 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > perform without accuracy or thoroughness > specific work or a task scamp1837 sham1848 slight1854 slum1865 1837 N. Whittock et al. Compl. Bk. Trades (1842) 392 [article Printer] The best work which cannot be ‘scamped’ over. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 11 From the very earliest times the tendency to ‘scamp’ work seems to have existed. 1867 G. M. Musgrave Nooks & Corners Old France I. ii. 80 A perilous mode of scamping off their work. 1888 W. P. Frith Autobiogr. III. v. 112 A portrait, in which..the man's figure had been what we call ‘scamped’. < as lemmas |
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