romp

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++romp1 /rɒmp $ rɑːmp/ verb [intransitive]  1  [always + adverb/preposition]ENTHUSIASTIC to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc 〔尤指又跑又跳地〕嬉闹romp around/about They could hear the children romping around upstairs. 他们听到孩子们在楼上蹦跳打闹。2  to win a race, competition, election etc very easily 〔在比赛、竞选等中〕轻松取胜romp to a win/victory The women’s team romped to a 132–81 win over Ireland. 女队以132比81轻取爱尔兰队。 In 1906 the Liberal Party romped back to power. 1906年自由党轻松获胜，重新掌权。romp home British English The favourite, Badawi, romped home in the first race. 夺冠呼声最高的巴达维轻松拿下了第一场比赛。3.romp through something phrasal verb British English informalSUCCEED IN DOING something to succeed in doing or finishing something quickly and easily 轻易做成；轻易完成→ See Verb table

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romp• Inside, mums and dads drank champagne while kids romped in a room full of slides, bouncy chairs and climbing frames.• Rodriguez thought they must all look like big, hairless teddy-bears romping over the dunes.• Payne Stewart romped to a nine-stroke win at the Dutch Open.• The Baxters romped to the last four 7 & 6 and meet the Sykes in today's semi-finals.romp around/about• The title track is a sunny romp about gawd knows what.romp home• It seems both Gary Spring and Danielle Sanderson romped home.• Once again it was the Club Secretary Eddie who came to the fore maintaining his good form and romping home a clear winner.• Its strategy was an abject failure on its own terms, for the Gaullists romped home in the June elections.• No goals were scored in the first half but Spurs romped home in the second, scoring four.• Fulfilling an outstanding fixture at Benllech A, the 1992 title winners romped home with an easy 11-1 victory.romp2 noun [countable]  1  informalEXCITED a piece of amusing entertainment which has a lot of exciting scenes 逗笑的娱乐节目 ‘A Royal Scandal’ is an hour-long romp that pokes fun at British royal marriages. 《王室丑闻》是一部一小时长的揶揄英国王室婚姻的闹剧。2. British English informalSEX/HAVE SEX WITH a period of sexual activity – used humorously, especially in newspapers 调情〔幽默用法，尤用于报纸上〕3  when one sports team defeats another one very easily – used in newspapers 〔体育比赛中的〕轻易取胜〔用于报纸上〕romp over the Yankees’ 12–1 romp over the Red Sox 扬基队12比1轻松战胜红袜队

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romp• Nebraska's 59-28 romp over Utah State• He chose the lead dancer-then whisked her off for a romp.• Every year was a romp to the playoffs.• A romp to loosen the mind and body.• She used to bounce and romp.• "Tom Jones" is a bawdy romp through 18th century England.• I lay back like a king lion and let her romp.• It is the kind of romp that Peter Schaffer cooked up in Amadeus.• Friends bosses hope the romp will perk up their ratings.Origin romp1 (1700-1800) ramp “to behave threateningly” ((14-19 centuries)), from French ramper; → RAMPANT

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noisy way, Corpus a especially in to play

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romp¹ /rɒmp $ rɑːmp/ verb [intransitive]1. [always + adverb/preposition] to play in a noisy way, especially by running, jumping etc
    romp around/about
    They could hear the children romping around upstairs.
2. to win a race, competition, election etc very easily
    romp to a win/victory
    The women’s team romped to a 132–81 win over Ireland.
    In 1906 the Liberal Party romped back to power.
    romp home British English:
    The favourite, Badawi, romped home in the first race.
     
romp through something phrasal verb British English
  informal to succeed in doing or finishing something quickly and easily

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romp² noun [countable]
1. informal a piece of amusing entertainment which has a lot of exciting scenes:
    ‘A Royal Scandal’ is an hour-long romp that pokes fun at British royal marriages.
2. British English informal a period of sexual activity – used humorously, especially in newspapers
3. when one sports team defeats another one very easily – used in newspapers
    romp over
    the Yankees’ 12–1 romp over the Red Sox