英语词汇“vamp”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vamp1

/vamp

noun

1The upper front part of a boot or shoe: heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp...

As far a cross-trainers are concerned, there are four models available, all characterized by decisive and showy styling accented by a richly-detailed vamp.
The sandal has the extra details of a butterfly at the vamp and a more wrapped strap around the ankle.
The pump was the basic shoe, but its toes might be cut, the vamps curved or cut in enticing Vs, or the heels molded into a variety of shapes.

2(In jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed: the title track has an overlong vamp...

Her section of the tune ends quickly, leading to an instrumental vamp with layers and layers of woodwinds and some nice acoustic guitar.
Instead of returning to the original melody, they play a countermelody against the vamp.
After a short, nearly atonal string interlude, the rhythm section breaks in with an Arabic-sounding, odd-metered vamp.

verb

1 [with object] (vamp something up) informal Repair or improve something: the production values have been vamped up...

His sister Coleen, a designer in New York, vamped up the interiors.
Producers have vamped up the usually dull earlier rounds by giving contestants a band and audience to sing with.
Over the past year we have really vamped up the show.

Synonyms

refurbish, renovate, modernize, redecorate, revamp, make over, restore, recondition, rehabilitate, overhaul, repair, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel;

update, bring up to date, improve;

upgrade;

refit, re-equip, refurnish;

North American bring something up to code

informal do up, fix up, give something a facelift, tart up, vamp up, patch up

North American informal rehab

2 [no object] Repeat a short, simple passage of music: the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar...

Their performances often consisted of the group vamping on a single groove for two hours at a time.
The song doesn't ask much of her range, allowing her to vamp as much as she wants.
Like pieces from a musician, her collection of poetry vamps through various repeated patterns and themes truly fulfilling the ‘ostinato’ description in her title.

3 [with object] Attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).Stitching together the ends of a shoe upper is ordinarily the practice as a preliminary step to vamping the shoe.

Origin

Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant 'before' + pie 'foot'. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense 'improvise'.

From around 1200 the vamp was the part of a stocking that covered the foot and ankle, and from the 17th century the upper front part of a boot or shoe. The word comes from an early form of French avantpied, from avant ‘before’ and pied ‘foot’ (compare vanguard at caravan). One of the cobbler's regular tasks was to replace vamps, and from the late 16th century the job could be described as vamping boots and shoes (revamp is only found from the mid 19th century). This cobbling work gave rise to a general sense ‘to improvise’ and to vamp up, ‘to repair or improve’. The ‘improvise’ sense survives in jazz and popular music, where to vamp is to repeat a short, simple passage of music. The vamp who uses her sexual attraction to exploit men is an early 20th-century shortening of vampire.

Rhymes

vamp2

/vamp

informal

noun

A woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men: the film-makers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp...

The legend of Mata Hari is, for sure, the most enduring image of the female spy - the vamp who wheedles state secrets out of men by her seductive charms.
It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump.
Bollywood was a risqué world with money but little class where the vamps flashed thigh and cleavage and the heroes kept their shirts unbuttoned.

Synonyms

seductress, temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, Delilah, Circe, Lorelei, Mata Hari;

flirt, coquette, tease, Lolita

informal tart, mantrap

North American informal hoochie

verb [with object]

Blatantly set out to attract (a man): she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel...

The only problem is that he is constantly drawn to Harlem's Paddy's Bar where he is ceaselessly vamped by the fun-loving Zarita.
He gets vamped by every woman from his flirtatious mom to Ophelia.
She vamps him by saying, ‘Your royal highness is so cute.’

Synonyms

seduce, tempt, lure, beguile, entice;

flirt with, make up to, make eyes at, lead on, toy with, trifle with, philander with

informal pull, chat up

Derivatives

vampish

adjective ...

She's presenting herself as vampish and vulnerable, sexually voracious and sexually unsure, all at the same time.
‘Watch this space,’ she grins with wide, vampish lips, and disappears off to her B&B in Milnthope Road.
There is something vampish and at the same time understated about her vocal presentation.

vampishly

adverb ...

Most of the women were vampishly pursuing her husband, but in her restrained blouse, skirt and sandals, she was somehow the sexiest actress on the stage.
She is pictured draped over a sofa in a red dress vampishly slashed to the thigh.
Osborne, looking vampishly sexy in a tight light-blue gown, debuted four new songs from an album-in-progress.

vampishness

noun ...

But vampishness was a notably visual attribute, and worked much better in silents than it did later in talkies.
I am quite shy and gentle by nature and find her vampishness quite intimidating and unsettling.
But women seem to think that elegance and vampishness are sexually stimulating to men.

vampy

adjective (vampier, vampiest) ...

She pulled off a really great show but I would love to see her put on more of a show maybe by being more of a dark vampy temptress.
With the vintage costumes, the vampy dance moves, and the occasionally campy songs, the entertainers' underlying message to their customers seems clear: We may have come-hither eyes, but this is all an act.
He was notoriously unfaithful, often falling prey to the charms of vampy female villains.

Origin

Early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire.

单词	vamp
释义	vamp1 /vamp / noun 1The upper front part of a boot or shoe: heavy lace-ups with basket weave in the vamp... As far a cross-trainers are concerned, there are four models available, all characterized by decisive and showy styling accented by a richly-detailed vamp. The sandal has the extra details of a butterfly at the vamp and a more wrapped strap around the ankle. The pump was the basic shoe, but its toes might be cut, the vamps curved or cut in enticing Vs, or the heels molded into a variety of shapes. 2(In jazz and popular music) a short, simple introductory passage, usually repeated several times until otherwise instructed: the title track has an overlong vamp... Her section of the tune ends quickly, leading to an instrumental vamp with layers and layers of woodwinds and some nice acoustic guitar. Instead of returning to the original melody, they play a countermelody against the vamp. After a short, nearly atonal string interlude, the rhythm section breaks in with an Arabic-sounding, odd-metered vamp. verb 1 [with object] (vamp something up) informal Repair or improve something: the production values have been vamped up... His sister Coleen, a designer in New York, vamped up the interiors. Producers have vamped up the usually dull earlier rounds by giving contestants a band and audience to sing with. Over the past year we have really vamped up the show. Synonyms refurbish, renovate, modernize, redecorate, revamp, make over, restore, recondition, rehabilitate, overhaul, repair, redevelop, rebuild, reconstruct, remodel; update, bring up to date, improve; upgrade; refit, re-equip, refurnish; North American bring something up to code informal do up, fix up, give something a facelift, tart up, vamp up, patch up North American informal rehab 2 [no object] Repeat a short, simple passage of music: the band was vamping gently behind his busy lead guitar... Their performances often consisted of the group vamping on a single groove for two hours at a time. The song doesn't ask much of her range, allowing her to vamp as much as she wants. Like pieces from a musician, her collection of poetry vamps through various repeated patterns and themes truly fulfilling the ‘ostinato’ description in her title. 3 [with object] Attach a new upper to (a boot or shoe).Stitching together the ends of a shoe upper is ordinarily the practice as a preliminary step to vamping the shoe. Origin Middle English (denoting the foot of a stocking): shortening of Old French avantpie, from avant 'before' + pie 'foot'. The musical sense of the verb developed from the general sense 'improvise'. From around 1200 the vamp was the part of a stocking that covered the foot and ankle, and from the 17th century the upper front part of a boot or shoe. The word comes from an early form of French avantpied, from avant ‘before’ and pied ‘foot’ (compare vanguard at caravan). One of the cobbler's regular tasks was to replace vamps, and from the late 16th century the job could be described as vamping boots and shoes (revamp is only found from the mid 19th century). This cobbling work gave rise to a general sense ‘to improvise’ and to vamp up, ‘to repair or improve’. The ‘improvise’ sense survives in jazz and popular music, where to vamp is to repeat a short, simple passage of music. The vamp who uses her sexual attraction to exploit men is an early 20th-century shortening of vampire. Rhymes amp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, encamp, gamp, lamp, ramp, samp, scamp, stamp, tamp, tramp vamp2 /vamp / informal noun A woman who uses sexual attraction to exploit men: the film-makers never allow her to become a truly saucy vamp... The legend of Mata Hari is, for sure, the most enduring image of the female spy - the vamp who wheedles state secrets out of men by her seductive charms. It's as if she can't make up her mind whether she wants to be a siren, a vamp or a frump. Bollywood was a risqué world with money but little class where the vamps flashed thigh and cleavage and the heroes kept their shirts unbuttoned. Synonyms seductress, temptress, siren, femme fatale, enchantress, Delilah, Circe, Lorelei, Mata Hari; flirt, coquette, tease, Lolita informal tart, mantrap North American informal hoochie verb [with object] Blatantly set out to attract (a man): she had not vamped him like some wicked Jezebel... The only problem is that he is constantly drawn to Harlem's Paddy's Bar where he is ceaselessly vamped by the fun-loving Zarita. He gets vamped by every woman from his flirtatious mom to Ophelia. She vamps him by saying, ‘Your royal highness is so cute.’ Synonyms seduce, tempt, lure, beguile, entice; flirt with, make up to, make eyes at, lead on, toy with, trifle with, philander with informal pull, chat up Derivatives vampish adjective ... She's presenting herself as vampish and vulnerable, sexually voracious and sexually unsure, all at the same time. ‘Watch this space,’ she grins with wide, vampish lips, and disappears off to her B&B in Milnthope Road. There is something vampish and at the same time understated about her vocal presentation. vampishly adverb ... Most of the women were vampishly pursuing her husband, but in her restrained blouse, skirt and sandals, she was somehow the sexiest actress on the stage. She is pictured draped over a sofa in a red dress vampishly slashed to the thigh. Osborne, looking vampishly sexy in a tight light-blue gown, debuted four new songs from an album-in-progress. vampishness noun ... But vampishness was a notably visual attribute, and worked much better in silents than it did later in talkies. I am quite shy and gentle by nature and find her vampishness quite intimidating and unsettling. But women seem to think that elegance and vampishness are sexually stimulating to men. vampy adjective (vampier, vampiest) ... She pulled off a really great show but I would love to see her put on more of a show maybe by being more of a dark vampy temptress. With the vintage costumes, the vampy dance moves, and the occasionally campy songs, the entertainers' underlying message to their customers seems clear: We may have come-hither eyes, but this is all an act. He was notoriously unfaithful, often falling prey to the charms of vampy female villains. Origin Early 20th century: abbreviation of vampire.
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