又跑又跳地玩鬧
這一群就是核心畫面本身：吵、快、不費力的玩。
verb · B2
To play in a loud, lively way — running, jumping, chasing and rolling around. It is used mostly about children and young animals, and a word like around, about or in the garden almost always follows.
嬉鬧奔跑
核心畫面
One way to picture romp: a child and a dog tearing around a living room. The movement is fast and loose, the noise is part of it, and nobody is trying hard. English then lends that picture out in two directions. One is real play — a puppy in the grass, an afternoon of chasing. The other is anything that only looks that easy: a team winning without breaking sweat, a film that bounces along for ninety minutes, a newspaper turning a private story into a bit of fun.
「romp」的核心畫面可以想成：一個小孩和一隻狗在客廳裡衝來衝去。動作又快又鬆，聲音很吵，而且完全不費力。沒有人在忍…更多收起
「romp」的核心畫面可以想成：一個小孩和一隻狗在客廳裡衝來衝去。動作又快又鬆，聲音很吵，而且完全不費力。沒有人在忍，也沒有人在硬撐，看起來就是好玩。英文把這個畫面借去用在兩邊。一邊是真的在玩鬧：小狗在草地上追、一整個下午的追來追去。另一邊是「輕鬆到像在玩」：球隊贏得毫不吃力、一部片子一路輕快地跑完九十分鐘、小報把一件私事寫得像一場玩鬧。From the word’s history
The Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet says romp is probably a variant of ramp, a word for rushing or springing forward. That fits the modern picture: the body throwing itself forward without care.
這份資料裡的 Wiktionary 條目說，romp 很可能是 ramp 的變體，而 ramp 帶有猛撲、往前衝的意思。這條線索正好對上今天的畫面：身體毫無顧忌地往前衝。這是來源記的說法，本身也用了「probably」，所以當成一種可能的來歷來看就好。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet, source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1135673756 — etymology_text: "Probably a variant of ramp."
Four branches
輕鬆到像在玩：一路贏過去
玩的時候不費力，贏得很輕鬆的樣子也不費力。英文就把玩鬧的字借過來，講那種看起來毫無阻礙的勝利。這是畫面上的借用，不是說歷史上真的從比賽演變而來。
verb · C1
To win a race, game or election very easily, or to get through something hard with no trouble. A word like to, home, past or through nearly always follows: romp to a win, romp home, romp through a test.
輕鬆勝出
輕快好看的娛樂
一部從頭跑到尾、不讓你停下來想事情的作品，看起來就像那個玩鬧的畫面：快、鬧、不沉重。
noun · C1
A film, play or book that moves fast, is full of fun and excitement, and is not meant to be taken seriously.
輕快娛樂之作
水獺的群體量詞
英文給很多動物專屬的「一群」說法，水獺拿到的是 a romp。可以想成：最愛追逐翻滾的動物，就用玩鬧的字來數。這是取名上的巧思，不是歷史上的字義演變。
noun · C2
A group of otters. English gives many animals a special group word, and romp is one of the words used for otters.
一群水獺