"to run quickly," 1680s, probably from Flemish schampeeren, frequentative of schampen "run away," from Old North French escamper (Old French eschamper) "to run away, flee, quit the battlefield, escape," from Vulgar Latin *excampare "decamp," literally "leave the field," from Latin ex campo, from ex "out of" (see ex-) + campo, ablative of campus "field" (see campus). A vogue word late 17c. Related: Scampered; scampering. The noun is 1680s, from the verb.
例文
1. Let the dog for a scamper .
犬を外に出して少し走ってもらいましょう.
2.Bundles of candles were procured,and straightway there was a general scamper up the hill.
ろうそくの束を取り出して、みんなはすぐに喜んで山に登り始めた。
3."And,discerning the scarletter on her breast,would scamper off with a strange,contagious fear."
胸の赤い字が見えるまで、伝染を恐れる奇妙な恐怖を抱いて、速やかに逃げた。
4.She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest.
彼女は森の中の森を行ったり来たりするのが好きだ。
5. Scamper :Do not yell me!Igor:Please pull switch.