Crimp
[krɪmp]
解释:
(noun.) a lock of hair that has been artificially waved or curled.
(noun.) someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers.
(verb.) curl tightly; 'crimp hair'.
(verb.) make ridges into by pinching together.
詹妮校对--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy appearance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.
(v. t.) To pinch and hold; to seize.
(v. t.) to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.
(v. t.) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc.
(a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.
(a.) Weak; inconsistent; contradictory.
(n.) A coal broker.
(n.) One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service.
(n.) A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.
(n.) Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.
(n.) A game at cards.
杰西整理
同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Curl, crisp.[2]. Plait, form into ridges.
n. [Colloquial.] Decoyman (for the military service), insnarer, trapanner.
杜安整理
同义词及反义词:
[See CORRUGATE]
SYN:Brittle, friable, crisp
ANT:Tough, stubborn, viscous, pasty, lentous
黛博拉校对
解释:
adj. made crisp or brittle.—v.t. to wrinkle: to plait: to make crisp: to seize or decoy sailors or soldiers.—n. one who presses or decoys.—ns. Crimp′age act of crimping; Crimp′er one who or that which crimps or corrugates; Crimp′ing-ī′ron an iron instrument used for crimping hair; Crimp′ing-machine′ a machine for forming crimps or plaits on ruffles.—v.t. Crimp′le to contract or draw together: to plait: to curl.
埃文编辑
例句:
- They are then forced along thirty grooves in the steel clamps, which crimp the paper, and on through the crimp. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The edges of the cloths were first crimped or fluted and then sewed by a running stitch. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- My aunt was walking up and down the room when I returned, crimping the borders of her nightcap with her fingers. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- While the maid was busy crimping or starching, I took an Italian iron from the fire, and applied the light scarlet glowing tip to my arm. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Bean for a sewing machine in which the needle was stationary, and the cloth was gathered in crimps or folds and forced over the stationary needle. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
芭芭拉校对