imp

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmp/

動詞

廃用他動詞古語比喩的用法広義第3義由来

(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.). / (figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.

日本語の意味

苗木やその部分を植え付ける、定植すること。 / 比喩的表現として、植物以外のものを接ぎ木する、あるいは固定・定着させること。

このボタンはなに？

In the old orchard, the gardener would imp young scions onto sturdy rootstocks to preserve the rare apple's lineage.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

古い果樹園で、庭師は珍しいリンゴの系統を守るために若い穂木を丈夫な台木に接ぎ木していた。

詳細

意味（1）

(obsolete) To engraft or plant (a plant or part of one, a sapling, etc.).

意味（2）

(figuratively, archaic) To graft or implant (something other than a plant); to fix or set (something) in.

That headleſſe tyrants tronke he reard from ground, / And, having ympt the head to it agayne, / Vpon his vſuall beaſt it firmely bound, / And made it ſo to ride, as it aliue was found.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

詳細

意味（3）

(falconry, veterinary medicine) To engraft (a feather) on to a broken feather in a bird's wing or tail to repair it; to engraft (feathers) on to a bird, or a bird's wing or tail.

I have known feathers so imped that the eye could not discern the place of juncture, and it was difficult even to discover it by passing the thumb-nail down the shaft of the imped feather.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳