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crimp

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++crimp /krɪmp/ verb [transitive]  1 FOLDto press cloth, paper etc into small regular folds 在〔布、纸等〕上压小褶子 Use a hot iron to crimp the edges. 用热熨斗把边烫出小褶子。2 DCto make your hair slightly curly by using a special heated tool 使〔头发〕轻微卷曲 crimped blonde hair 微微卷曲的金发→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
crimpBeauty salons crimp and curl shining hair with a fall like silk into shapeless frizz.Another simple rule to observe is to be careful not to crimp or squeeze the cable.The lack of effective advertising has crimped sales.After an hour, though still wide awake, I crimped the page and turned off the light.Fold the rectangle of dough in thirds again, crimping the seam with your fingers so that it will not open up.
Origin crimp (1600-1700) Dutch Low German krimpen to make smaller
crimp verbChinese
into cloth, to regular folds press small paper Corpus etc


crimp
crimp /krɪmp/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Dutch
 Origin: Low German krimpen 'to make smaller'
1. to press cloth, paper etc into small regular folds:
    Use a hot iron to crimp the edges.
2. to make your hair slightly curly by using a special heated tool:
    crimped blonde hair


crimpBrE /krɪmp/ 🔊NAmE /krɪmp/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they crimp BrE /krɪmp/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪmp/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it crimps BrE /krɪmps/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪmps/ 🔊past simple crimped BrE /krɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪmpt/ 🔊past participle crimped BrE /krɪmpt/ 🔊 NAmE /krɪmpt/ 🔊 -ing form crimping BrE /ˈkrɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkrɪmpɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to make curls in sb's hair by pressing it with a heated tool 烫发;使(头发)拳曲;使(头发)成波形~ sth to press cloth or paper into small folds 把(织物或纸)压出皱纹;使起皱~ sth (NAmE, informal) to restrict the growth or development of sth 阻止,妨碍(某事物的发展)
crimpBrE /krɪmp/ 🔊NAmE /krɪmp/ 🔊 nounput a ˈcrimp in/on sth(NAmE, informal) to have a bad or negative effect on sth 对…造成阻碍;对…有负面影响;损害