Vamp

[væmp]

解释:

(noun.) piece of leather forming the front part of the upper of a shoe.

(noun.) an improvised musical accompaniment.

(verb.) provide (a shoe) with a new vamp; 'revamp my old boots'.

(verb.) act seductively with (someone).

(verb.) piece (something old) with a new part; 'vamp up an old speech'.

(verb.) make up; 'vamp up an excuse for not attending the meeting'.

博妮塔校对--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To advance; to travel.

(n.) The part of a boot or shoe above the sole and welt, and in front of the ankle seam; an upper.

(n.) Any piece added to an old thing to give it a new appearance. See Vamp, v. t.

(v. t.) To provide, as a shoe, with new upper leather; hence, to piece, as any old thing, with a new part; to repair; to patch; -- often followed by up.

校对:奥利弗

同义词及近义词：

n. Upper leather (of a shoe).

v. a. Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up.

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解释:

n. the upper leather of a boot or shoe.—v.t. to repair with a new vamp: to patch old with new: give a new face to: (mus.) to improvise an accompaniment to (coll.).—v.i. to improvise accompaniments to travel proceed.—n. Vam′per one who vamps or cobbles up anything old to pass for new.—Vamp up to patch up to improvise to cook up.—In Vamp in pawn.

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