1819, "to fill (a hole containing an explosive) with dirt or clay before blasting," a workmen's word, perhaps a back-formation from tampion, that word being mistaken as a present participle (*tamping).
双语例句
1. Then I tamp down the soil with the back of a rake.
然后我用耙子的背将土壤拍实。
来自辞典例句
2. Tamp the coffee grinds in the container to make espresso.
在容器中捣实咖啡粉来煮浓咖啡.
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3. Now, China wants to tamp such nationalism down.
现在, 中国希望压制民族主义.
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4. The first step is to set up programs in order to tamp the development foundation.
第一步上项目,夯实发展基础.第二步快发展,壮大经济总量.
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5. But the Chinese government also appears to trying to tamp down interest in the case.
