(亦作 guimp或gymp)
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- mass noun twisted silk, worsted, or cotton with cord or wire running through it, used chiefly as upholstery trimming嵌芯辫带（绞股真丝、精纺毛纱或棉纱, 中有细绳或金属丝穿过, 主要用作沙发、软椅等被覆材料的边饰）, 镶边饰带。
1.1
- (in lacemaking) coarser thread which forms the outline of the design in some techniques（某些饰带编织技术中形成图案轮廓的）粗纤维线。
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- fishing line made of silk bound with wire（用金属丝绕在丝质钓鱼线上的）加固钓鱼线。
词源
mid 17th cent.: from Dutch, of unknown ultimate origin.
N. Amer. derogatory <北美, 贬>
1
- a physically handicapped or lame person残疾人; 瘸子。
1.1
- a limp跛行。
1.2
- a feeble or contemptible person虚弱的人; 可鄙的人。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- limp; hobble跛行; 蹒跚而行：
she gimped around thereafter on an artificial leg.
从那以后, 她就撑着一条假腿一瘸一拐地到各处走动了。
派生词
gimpy
adjective词源
1920s (originally US)： of unknown origin.