English Dictionary

imp

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪmp/

名詞

広義 ユーモラス文体 頻度副詞 廃用 イギリス英語 方言

(chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).

日本語の意味

（主にフィクションや神話において）小さく、いたずら好きな妖精または邪悪な超自然的存在。悪魔に似ているが、体格が小さく、力も弱いとされ、かつては悪魔や堕天使の子供と考えられていたこともある。

The old farmhouse creaked at night as if an imp were rearranging the furniture just to annoy the new owners.

古い農家は夜になると軋む、まるでいたずら好きの小さな精霊が新しい住人を困らせるために家具を動かしているかのようだ。

意味（1）

(chiefly fiction and mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2).

Yes, there are a great, great many coming after us; at least a score, said the lad.—Well, that's the troll, said the horse; he is coming after us with his imps.

意味（2）

(often humorous) A mischievous child.

Concourſe, and noiſe, and toil, he ever fled; / Nor cared to mingle in the clamorous fray / Of ſquabbling imps; but to the foreſt ſped, / Or roam'd at large the lonely mountain's head; […]

意味（3）

A baby Tasmanian devil.

When they are upset, their ears blush a furious crimson, resembling red horns and adding to their diabolical image. (Baby devils, packed four to a pouch, are known as imps.)]

意味（4）

A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.

Þai sett hem doun al þre / Vnder a fair ympetre, / And wel sone þis fair quene / Fel on slepe opon þe grene. They set them down all three / Under a fair imp-tree, / And well soon this fair queen / Fell asleep upon the green.]

意味（5）

An offspring or scion, especially of a noble family; (generally) a (usually male) child; a (young) man.

And thou moſt dreaded impe of higheſt Ioue, / Faire Venus ſonne, that with thy cruell dart / At that good knight ſo cunningly didſt rove, / That glorious fire it kindled in his heart, / Lay now thy deadly Heben bow apart, / And with thy mother milde come to my ayde: […]

意味（6）

(Britain, dialectal) Something added to or united with another to lengthen it out or repair it (such as an eke or small stand on which a beehive is placed, or a length of twisted hair in a fishing line).

imps （ plural ）