crimped

英 [krɪmpt]

美 [krɪmpt]

v.  烫发; 使(头发)拳曲; 使(头发)成波形; 把(织物或纸)压出皱纹; 使起皱; 妨碍(或阻止)…的发展
crimp的过去分词和过去式

BNC.48614 / COCA.35014

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把(织物或面团)压出褶皱
  If youcrimpsomething such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
  1. Crimp the edges to seal them tightly.
     把边缘折起来以便封紧。
• VERB 限制;减少
  Tocrimpsomething means to restrict or reduce it.
  1. The dollar's recent strength is crimping overseas sales and profits.
     美元最近的坚挺影响了国外的销量和利润。

双语例句

• A drop of one-quarter in the euro since last March will have hit exports; a halving in oil and iron ore prices will have crimped imports.
  自去年3月以来欧元贬值四分之一，这会打击中国出口；而石油和铁矿石价格减半，则会影响进口总值。
• His ambition to sponsor a continental movement of radical leftists is being crimped as the money runs short.
  他的发起一个拉美地区（注）的激进左翼运动的宏图由于资金短缺而受挫。
• Consumer spending will be crimped as homeowners feel poorer, particularly if stockmarkets continue to slide.
  当屋主感觉更穷时，特别是当股票市场继续下滑时，消费者的消费会受到抑制。
• With a crimped economy tightening belts, a growing number of expatriates in China are seeing home schooling as a solution to the soaring cost of tuition.
  随着经济不断紧缩，越来越多在中国居住的外籍人士把在家教育作为应对学费持续上涨的办法。
• The surprise increase may have been due to the easing of power shortages that had crimped production in recent months.
  这种意外加速的原因，可能是近几个月抑制生产的电荒得到了缓解。
• Tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand.
  热带灌木，有平滑的树叶和夜里芳香的花，有起皱褶的波状的花；分布在印度北部到泰国。
• Low prices crimped domestic output and foreign imports.
  低物价阻碍了国内出口和国外进口。
• She patted her crimped grey bun.
  她轻轻拍了拍她拳曲的灰白圆发髻。
• Either they go it alone in the hope that their famed "earnings power" will not be crimped by over-zealous regulators-and frustrated commercial banks.
  其一，他们可以单干，寄希望于过分热心的监管机构和灰心的商业银行不会束缚他们负有盛名的“赚钱能力”。
• For export sectors, earnings will be crimped by lower rebates.
  对出口行业而言，退税率的降低将减少收入。