| 单词 | tamp |
| 释义 | tamp /tæmp/ (also tamp down) verb [transitive always + adverb/preposition] 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。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustamp• 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.Origin tamp (1800-1900) Perhaps from tampion, tampin “plug, cover” ((15-20 centuries)), from French tampon; → TAMPONtamp verbChinese to push down or something Corpus press by |
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