with obj.
1- compress (something) into small folds or ridges将…压成褶子（或脊状）：
she crimped the edge of the pie.
她将馅饼的边缘压出了褶。
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- squeeze (metal) so as to bend or corrugate it将（金属）压弯; 使起皱纹（或波纹）。
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- connect (a wire or cable) in this way用压合法连接（电线或电缆）。
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- often as adj. crimped make waves in (someone's hair) with a hot iron使（头发）呈波浪形, 使拳曲, 烫（发）：
crimped blonde hair
烫卷的金发。
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- N. Amer. informal have a limiting or adverse effect on (something)〈北美, 非正式〉束缚; 阻碍：
his zeal about his career can crimp the rest of his life.
他对自己事业的热情可能妨碍他将来的生活。
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- a curl, wave, or folded or compressed edge拳曲; 波浪形; 折叠（或压缩）边：
this cascade of delicate crimps depends on a perm
这种精美的披肩长波浪发型靠的是烫发
mass noun the wool had too much crimp to be used in weaving.这种毛线拳曲得太厉害, 无法用于编织。
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- a small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together（电线等的）压合连接器。
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- N. Amer. informal a restriction or limitation〈北美, 非正式〉限制：
the crimp on take-home pay has been even tighter since taxes were raised.
自从税收提高后, 对实得工资的限制更严了。
短语
put a crimp in
- N. Amer. informal have an adverse effect on〈北美, 非正式〉对…起反作用：
well, that puts a crimp in my theory.
嗯, 那对我的理论不利。
派生词
crimper
nouncrimpy
adjective词源
Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen 'shrink, wrinkle'. Of rare occurrence before the 18th cent., the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.