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- a man who controls prostitutes and arranges clients for them, taking a percentage of their earnings in return男皮条客。
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- Austral./NZ informal 〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉a telltale or informer告发者; 告密者。
no obj.
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- often as noun pimping act as a pimp当皮条客。
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- with obj. provide (someone) as a prostitute为（人）拉皮条。
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- with obj. informal sell or promote (something) in an extravagant or persistent way〈非正式〉盛大（或持续）推售（某事物）：
he pimed their debut album to all the staff writers at NME.
他不懈地向音乐杂志NME所有的特约撰稿人推销他们的首张专辑。
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- with obj. informal make (something) more showy or impressive〈非正式〉使（某物）更炫（或更令人难忘）：
he pimped up the car with spoilers and twin-spoke 18-inch alloys.
他给车装上阻流板和18英寸双辐合金轮毂, 让它看上去非常炫。
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- Austral./NZ (pimp on) inform on〈澳/新西兰〉告密; 告发。
WORD TRENDS
How do completely negative words gain a positive meaning? Pimp is a telling example of this process in action. Even the modern extended sense of 'sell or promote in an extravagant or persistent way' carries a strong dose of moral disapproval: they need to release quality music instead of pimping boy bands. However， the popularity of hip-hop culture has made the pimp a figure of social aspiration for some people， with the word increasingly associated with a glamorous world of champagne， fast cars， and flashy jewellery. This image has spawned a positive sense of the verb， inspired in part by the MTV show Pimp my Ride, in which worn-out cars were transformed and customized: we've got to get that minivan pimped out ｜ I could have hired PR people to pimp up my material.
词源
late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.