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impish

/im-pish/US // ˈɪm pɪʃ //UK // (ˈɪmpɪʃ) //

顽皮的,冒失鬼,顽皮,顽皮的人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : mischievous.
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of an imp.

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Examples

  • She appeared at his side, impish smile in place, dutiful, fragrantly rather than ferociously sexy, and—frustratingly—an adjunct.

  • New York magazine art critic Jerry Saltz described it as “fabulously complex, sexual, asexual, mysterious, powerful, impish.”

  • Posner may be impish, but the flawed amendment language is a prime villain in the gun debate.

  • Sasha, now 11 years old, was no longer the impish child but a preteen with a sense of age-appropriate glamour.

  • The pastry chef, Matteo, was positively impish in his delight.

  • He was a dark impish looking fellow, as lean as Cassius and as crafty and envious as Iago.

  • A caricature grotesque and impish, and yet one that no human being could mistake—a caricature by the hand of a master!

  • An impish thought danced before her for a second—“Fine talk, but you know you love to be loved.”

  • He approved of Parpon, and never lost a chance of sharpening his humour on the dwarf's impish whetstone of a tongue.

  • He always returned empty-handed, and Nannie watched with an impish smile from an upper window.