crimp

crimp
verb
  1. [with obj.]compress (something) into small folds or ridges
    使…起褶皱；将…压成小褶
    she crimped the edge of the pie.
    她将馅饼边缘压出了褶。
    ■squeeze (metal) so as to bend or corrugate it
    将（金属）压弯；压出褶
    ■connect (a wire or cable) in this way
    用压折法连接（电线或电缆）
    ■[often as adj. crimped]make waves in (someone's hair) with a hot iron
    烫发；卷发
    crimped blonde hair.
    烫卷的金发。
    ■(N. Amer. informal)have a limiting or adverse effect on (something)
    (北美，非正式)束缚；阻碍
    his zeal about his career can crimp the rest of his life.
    他对他事业的热情可能妨碍他将来的生活。
noun
  1. a curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge
    弯曲；波浪；褶皱
    this cascade of delicate crimps depends on a perm.
    精致的波浪卷发是烫成的。
    [mass noun]the wool had too much crimp to be used in weaving.
    这些羊毛太卷了，无法用于纺织。
    ■a small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together
    电线等的弯折连接器
    ■(N. Amer. informal)a restriction or limitation
    (北美，非正式)阻碍；束缚；限制
    the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised.
    自从税收提高后，净收入更少了。
常用词组
put a crimp in
  1. (N. Amer. informal)have an adverse effect on
    (北美，非正式)阻碍；损害
    well, that puts a crimp in my theory.
    嗯，那对我的理论不利。
派生
crimper
noun
crimpy
adjective
语源
  1. Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen 'shrink, wrinkle'. Of rare occurrence before the 18th cent., the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch
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