imp

imp
noun

verb

[with obj.]repair a damaged feather in (the wing or tail of a trained hawk) by attaching part of a new feather
给（受训鹰的翅膀或尾巴）移植或修补羽毛

语源

Old English impa, impe 'young shoot, scion', impian 'to graft', based on Greek emphuein 'to implant'. In late Middle English, the noun denoted a descendant, especially of a noble family, and later a child of the devil or a person regarded as such; hence a ‘little devil’ or mischievous child (early 17th cent.)