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put a crimp in

/krimp/US // krɪmp //UK // (krɪmp) //

箍住,箍紧,卷起,卷曲

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to press into small regular folds; make wavy.
    • : to curl, especially with the use of a curling iron.
    • : to press or draw together, as the ends of something.
    • : to check, restrain, or inhibit; hinder: Production was crimped by a shortage of workers.
    • : Cooking. to pinch and press down the edges of, especially to seal together the top and bottom layers of pastry.to gash with a knife to make more crisp when cooked.
    • : to produce a corrugated surface in; corrugate, as sheet metal, cardboard, etc.
    • : to bend into shape.
    • : Metalworking. to bend the edges of before forming into a tube.to fold the edges of to make a lock seam.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of crimping.
    • : a crimped condition or form.
    • : Usually crimps. waves or curls, especially in hair that has been crimped or that displays a crimped pattern.
    • : the waviness of wool fibers as naturally grown on sheep.
    • : the waviness imparted to natural or synthetic fibers by weaving, knitting, plaiting, or other processes.
    • : a crease formed in sheet metal or plate metal to make the material less flexible or for fastening purposes.

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Examples

  • Number two is that immigration constraints have put a crimp on access to labor.

  • Fold over the edges and crimp, then trim any remaining excess.

  • That would put a real crimp in the dating seminars of a man who actively encourages abusive behavior toward women.

  • It might also put a bit of a crimp in the economies of states like New York and Delaware.

  • The lockout may not put a crimp in the day of the typical sports fan.

  • Hydraulic fracking is helping put a crimp on Russian Oligarchs, extending even to the Kremlin.

  • Whether or not Black Hood's unexpected appearance at that meeting had put a crimp in those plans, he did not know.

  • On this particular summer afternoon Cove City was less out of crimp than usual.

  • Ruth was always keyed up about something—delighted, and Cy was always "putting a crimp" in things.

  • Some of the men thought we ought to be vindictive and take every opportunity to put a crimp in the business for the owners.

  • They say he give a screech that'd put a crimp in the devil himself, and went galloping off, jumping about twenty feet at a lick.