pimp

noun

/pɪmp/

a man who controls people working as prostitutes and lives on the money that they earn控制人们从事妓女工作并靠她们赚来的钱生活的人Topics Crime and punishmentc2
Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.

verb

/pɪmp/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they pimp	/pɪmp/ /pɪmp/
he / she / it pimps	/pɪmps/ /pɪmps/
past simple pimped	/pɪmpt/ /pɪmpt/
past participle pimped	/pɪmpt/ /pɪmpt/
-ing form pimping	/ˈpɪmpɪŋ/ /ˈpɪmpɪŋ/

[intransitive] pimp (for somebody) to get customers for somebody working as a prostitute为妓女争取顾客Topics Crime and punishmentc2
pimp somebody (to somebody) to provide somebody who will have sex with another person in exchange for money提供与另一个人发生性关系以换取金钱的人
- Joe pimped her to his customers.乔向他的顾客拉皮条。
[transitive] (informal) to add things to something to make it look or sound better, especially by making it more individual修饰，改装，加工（尤指使事物更具个人特色）
- pimp something Pimp your car with stylish custom wheels!给你的车装上时尚的订制车轮！
- pimp something up I would love to pimp the songs up.我很想让这些歌曲更具特色。

Word Originlate 16th cent.: of unknown origin.