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vamp

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++vamp /væmp/ noun [countable] old-fashioned  SYWOMANa woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to make men do what she wants 〔利用色相勾引并利用男子的〕妖妇,荡妇
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vampHe looks like a fashion model, a clubland vamp or the boy next door.Again mining the jazz motif, Leight presents a four-character work that rarely riffs, much less vamps.The upper is made of leather with a perforated vamp.Women play vamps and damsels in distress.The vamp had the gall to probe her.The vacillating vamp, as I so aptly said: do I phone her?
Origin vamp (1900-2000) vampire
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vamp
vamp /væmp/ noun [countable] old-fashioned
 Date: 1900-2000
 Origin: vampire
a woman who uses her sexual attractiveness to make men do what she wants


vampBrE /væmp/ 🔊NAmE /væmp/ 🔊 noun (old-fashioned, disapproving) a sexually attractive woman who tries to control men 妖妇(利用色相控制男性)