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noun ɡɪmpɡɪmp 1mass 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 Example sentencesExamples - To stabilize a buttonhole, cord it with buttonhole twist, gimp or elastic thread.
- They reproduced on a handloom the intricate silk gimps, braids, and tassels needed for the Swan suite.
- 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 Example sentencesExamples - Use gimp - zigzag stitched in place - to frame it.
2Fishing 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
OriginMid 17th century: from Dutch, of unknown ultimate origin. Rhymesblimp, chimp, crimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp noun ɡɪmpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal 1A physically disabled or lame person. 残疾人；瘸子 - 1.1 A limp.
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2A feeble or contemptible person. 虚弱的人；可鄙的人
verb ɡɪmpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal no object, with adverbial of direction Limp; hobble. 跛行；蹒跚而行 I gimped over to the door
Derivativesadjective North American derogatory, informal Indeed, one character disintegrates so precipitously that what began as a ambling character sketch ends as a farce with a gimpy leg. Example sentencesExamples - He is struggling with a gimpy knee that probably will need offseason surgery, and he has almost as many drops as catches.
- He's all tall and gimpy and has a fast-receding hairline.
Origin1920s: of unknown origin. nounɡimpɡɪmp 1Twisted 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 Example sentencesExamples - To stabilize a buttonhole, cord it with buttonhole twist, gimp or elastic thread.
- They reproduced on a handloom the intricate silk gimps, braids, and tassels needed for the Swan suite.
- 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 Example sentencesExamples - Use gimp - zigzag stitched in place - to frame it.
2Fishing 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
OriginMid 17th century: from Dutch, of unknown ultimate origin. nounɡimpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal 1A physically disabled or lame person. 残疾人；瘸子 - 1.1 A limp.
跛行
2A feeble or contemptible person. 虚弱的人；可鄙的人
verbɡimpɡɪmp North American derogatory, informal no object, with adverbial of direction Limp; hobble. 跛行；蹒跚而行 I gimped over to the door
Origin1920s: of unknown origin. |