scamper
verb /ˈskæmpə(r)/
/ˈskæmpər/
[intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they scamper | /ˈskæmpə(r)/ /ˈskæmpər/ |
he / she / it scampers | /ˈskæmpəz/ /ˈskæmpərz/ |
past simple scampered | /ˈskæmpəd/ /ˈskæmpərd/ |
past participle scampered | /ˈskæmpəd/ /ˈskæmpərd/ |
-ing form scampering | /ˈskæmpərɪŋ/ /ˈskæmpərɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. (especially of children or small animals
) to move quickly with short light steps尤指儿童或小动物 欢快地奔走;蹦蹦跳跳 Collocations DictionaryScamper is used with these nouns as the subject:- dog
- squirrel
词源late 17th cent. (in the sense ‘run away’): probably from scamp ‘do something inadequately’.