"person who wanders about, idle vagrant, vagabond," 1660s, from tramp (v). Sense of "steamship which takes cargo wherever it can be traded" (as opposed to one running a regular line) is attested from c. 1880. The meaning "promiscuous woman" is from 1922. Sense of "a long, toilsome walk" is from 1786.
tramp (v.)
late 14c., "walk heavily, stamp," from Middle Low German trampen "to stamp," from Proto-Germanic *tremp- (cognates: Danish trampe, Swedish trampa "to tramp, stamp," Gothic ana-trimpan "to press upon"), from PIE *der- (1) "to run, walk, step" (see tread (v.)). Related: Tramped; tramping.
雙語例句
1. The tramp produced a stump of candle from his deep pockets.
流浪漢從深口袋里掏出了一截蠟燭。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He recently decapitated a tramp on the London Underground.
他最近在倫敦地鐵里將一個流浪漢的頭砍了下來。
來自柯林斯例句
3. And can't you dress more decently—people will think you're a tramp.