单词 | vamped |
释义 | vampedadj. 1. a. With up. Mended or repaired with or as with patches; patched or furbished up; made up or composed of old materials and produced as new. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > false assertion > [adjective] pretended1489 misalleged1620 vamped1714 trumped-up1728 whipped1900 the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > [adjective] > renovating or renewing > renovated or renewed > refurbished new-vamped1649 vamped1714 furbished1775 rechauffeed1841 revamped1847 done-up1849 refurbished1853 réchauffé1921 face-lifted1941 refurb1965 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > mending or repairing > [adjective] > mended or repaired > with patches cloutedc1000 patched1447 bepatched1605 vamped1714 1714 J. Macky Journey through Eng. I. iv. 42 Women in vampt-up old Cloaths. 1753 School of Man 18 Is this the business of a Vamped-up Maid? 1759 W. H. Dilworth Life of Pope 100 He justly turns into ridicule several patched and vamped up buildings. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. v. 78 They wouldn't..send out lying puffs of their vamped-up goods. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London II. vi. 152 The hackneyed, second-hand, vamped-up hearts one meets with in common. 1809 M. Edgeworth Manœuvring i, in Tales Fashionable Life III. 13 A vamped-up, sentimental, conversation reason. 1884 Truth 13 Mar. 379/1 A passionate burst of vocal tragedy wedged in between an overture by S. Bennett and a violin concerto by Spohr leaves an unpleasing and vamped-up impression. 1892 ‘B. Hinton’ Lord's Return 191 The vamped-up sentiment; the covert sneers. c. Of a charge, story, etc.: Invented, fabricated, trumped up. ΚΠ 1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. IV. viii. xi. 170 A lawyer, who, knowing nothing about the matter, stands with a paper in his hand, containing a vamped-up story. 1871 S. Smiles Character xii. 361 A vamped-up charge of treason. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist iv. §5. 260 He bade them to terrorize no one, and bring no vamped-up worthless accusation. 2. Of an accompaniment: Extemporized. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > piece of music > section of piece of music > [adjective] > accompaniment accompanimental1874 vamped1874 backing1964 1874 in Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1714 |
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