词汇 | tamp |
释义 | tampWord family nountampertampingverbtamp tamp /tæmp/ (also tamp down) verb [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] PUSHto press or push something down by lightly hitting it several times 压实;拍打…使坚实 The old man tamped down the tobacco with his thumb. 老人用大拇指把烟叶压实。 Examples from the Corpus tamp• As well as surprise, she had heard irritation tamped down in Vitor's voice.• Before you start laying the bricks, tamp down the soil underneath.• What wouldn't burn still remained: bare walls muffled with incongruous tapestries, flooring tamped over with carpets.• Huy's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first. (1800-1900) Perhaps from tampion, tampin “plug, cover” ((15-20 centuries)), from French tampon; → TAMPON |
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