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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

imp [ɪmp] [ɪmp]
  1. 1. noun 原义芽，苗；嫁接，移植
  2. 2. noun 原义小孩；子孙；后代
  3. 3. noun 小鬼
  4. 4. noun 小淘气，顽童
  5. 5. vt. [Archaic] 种植，尤指移植
  6. 6. vt. 移植（羽毛）以修补（鹰翅膀或尾巴）
  7. 7. vt. 添（翼），在…上装翅膀
  8. 8. vt. 加强，增大，增添；补充

Collins English-English Dictionary

imp [ɪmp]
  1. 1. n a small demon or devil; mischievous sprite
  2. 2. n a mischievous child
  3. 3. vt. [tr] [falconry] to insert (new feathers) into the stumps of broken feathers in order to repair the wing of a hawk or falcon
  4. 4. vt. [Etymology] Old English impa bud, graft, hence offspring, child, from impian to graft, ultimately from Greek emphutos implanted, from emphuein to implant, from phuein to plant
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Examples

淘气鬼
a mischievous imp; a regular little mischief
这个恶作剧不知道是哪个淘气鬼搞的。
I don't know which mischievous imp has created this practical joke.

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