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.

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