Definition of crimp in English:

crimp

verb krɪmpkrɪmp

[with object]

1Compress (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。
Example sentencesExamples
- When ready to fill, have ready a fork for crimping and a bowl of water.
- Bring the top portion over the coconut to cover it and crimp the edges to seal with a fork.
- Spoon a little of the pumpkin filling onto the centre of each round, fold in half and crimp the edges.
- Place the single sheet of puff pastry over the pie plate and crimp the edges down with a fork.
- It is manufactured in an unexpanded form and may be crimped over the balloon and then expanded.
- These circular divots with their pre-measured portions and neatly crimped perimeter, are a godsend.
- No need to edge a pie dish or struggle with crimping.
- The machine crimps paper to up to 6 1/2 inches wide.
- Fold in half, and crimp the sides together, leaving the top open.
- Better was the beef à l' orange, thin strips of meat fried in a batter that crimps them into irregular corkscrew shapes, cloaked by a sweet, sticky, soy sauce.
- Trim away any excess and crimp the edges with your fingers so that the pie is well sealed.
- A bovine jugular vein valve is sutured to the inner aspect of a large stent, which is crimped on to a balloon delivery system and then expanded into a valveless outflow conduit that has been surgically placed in the right ventricle.
- Fold the dough over to form a semi-circle, and crimp the edges to encompass the filling.
- Cover with the remaining pastry, sealing and crimping the edges.
- There were several times last year when I would crimp a band around a pelican's leg and it would close too tight and I would need assistance taking the band off and putting it on correctly.
- Place 2tbsp filling on each pastry round, add a pinch of butter, sprinkle with a little flour, lightly brush the edges with beaten egg and bring the edges together at the top or at the side, pinching or crimping them firmly to seal.
- Fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork to seal.
- From chalking, antiquing, crimping, trimming, inking, and even shadowing, her ideas are sure to inspire hours of stamping creativity.
- Sonam slits one eye and instantly crimps it shut.
- The back end is crimped and folded, almost to the point of being concertina-ed.
Synonyms
flute, pleat, corrugate, ruffle, furrow, groove, ridge, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, pucker, gather
pinch, press together, squeeze together
British rare ruckle
1. 1.1 Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends.
  用压合法连接（电线或电缆）
  pliers will crimp wires together
  Example sentencesExamples
  Next, take the other end of the wire, crimp a connector on it, and attach it to a wiring block a few inches away, as shown in Figure 8-6.
  This needs crimping to the swivel and hook, though some commercial grades can be knotted if you soften the line in warm water before tying.
  With this Antec unit, you can even crimp some extra included molex or SATA power connectors to the provided cables.
  There are two more molex and two more SATA power connectors you can crimp onto any of the cables.
  This is simply made by bringing the wire through the hooks eye twice and twisting the wire inside itself to form a loop then crimping the free tag end.
  Today it's possible to buy wire which can be knotted, or crimped.
  When crimping wire, use a crimp big enough to allow the wire to go through once, be doubled back, then doubled back a third time, then crimp hard using proper crimping pliers.
  Make sure you buy a good wire crimping tool with good quality crimps.
  Then crimp using the right size cut-outs in the pliers so that the knot is firmly fixed.
  Now crimp a 1.5-metre length of 275 lb wire to this.
  The ferrules are soft enough to crimp down onto the cable, locking the cable in place.
2. 1.2often as adjective 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  New technology has created space-age irons that let you curl, crimp, bend, flip, spiral, straighten and create unique designs and shapes.
  Her rich and thick black hair was tightly crimped.
  After my shower, I let my hair air dry, meaning it would be crimped, but I didn't care.
  I had my hair crimped and pushed back a little with my favorite white and black headband.
  She even crimped her hair once, and we went lurid green with envy.
  For special occasions, crimping your hair was the way to go to look elegant.
  ‘No, I like it crimped,’ Tatiana said, smoothing her brown hair.
  She had crimped her dark hair earlier in the week; it was falling in waves around her face, almost obscuring the puppy-dog eyes she was making.
  Her fingers nimbly removed the stones and plait, leaving the auburn hair crimped.
  Her hair was crimped and held back with a headband.
  A couple of seats up is Nadine, her long blonde hair crimped and flowing down her back.
  Read the latest hair trends that involve long hair, texture, crimping & waves.
  Tatiana was sitting behind me on the edge of the tub with her hair half crimped, looking at me with a critical eye.
  Her hair was crimped and fell down to her shoulders.
  She was at the edge of the balcony in a baby blue satin dress and blonde crimped hair.
  Their hair was in big waves, crimped and curled after what I imagined was the collective effort of painful rollers, hot irons, and all-night slumber parties.
  Kristie is 5ft tall, of stocky build with crimped blonde hair in a pony tail.
  They worked the waver down each section, from the roots to the ends, and alternated the direction to create an almost crimped look.
  We find a bench and watch a woman on the boardwalk pulling a pink brush through her long crimped hair.
  Her hair was short, blonde, crimped, she was shorter than I was, she had striking blue eyes.
  Synonyms
  curl, crinkle, kink, frizz, frizzle, coil, corkscrew, wave
2North American 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- BRITISH AIRWAYS, Europe's biggest airline, will accelerate job reductions and cut flights to trim costs as the war in Iraq crimps demand for air travel.
- Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit.
- Many Irish companies have warned profits will be crimped as the rise in the euro makes it more expensive to sell goods to Britain and the US.
- Its sales potential has been crimped by the delays.
- Competition gives little scope to raise prices, crimping the profit from processing each barrel of oil into fuels.
- Soaring pension costs and a shortage of labor threaten to severely crimp Finland's fast-paced gross domestic product growth, economists say.
- They said steps taken earlier this year to slow growth in key sectors crimped imports of raw materials and cut into international freight rates.
- Despite the near-term gains, Gartner warns that budgets remain crimped.
- The expansion of Swire's support business for offshore oil exploration may help the conglomerate offset the impact of high oil prices that crimped earnings at its 46 per cent owned Cathay Pacific Airways.
- The Big Three say that tougher mileage rules - particularly for SUVs - could cost each several billion dollars over the next few years and seriously crimp profits.
- The US dollar fell to an eight-month low against the euro and a six-month low against the Japanese yen on Monday as investors worried that high oil prices may crimp economic growth.
- The local stock market has fallen more than 40 percent in the last year and falling interest rates have crimped yields on bonds, prompting insurers to look for other investments to meet premium payments.
- Hence, contracts for new Air Corps helicopters have been cancelled and plans to grow the overseas aid budget have been crimped.
- Analysts say that's crimping profits as it forces companies to cut rates.
- Margins would continue to be crimped, however, due to increased competition.
- It's a real issue - our paper did a story on it a while back, how the lack of high-speed access crimps the ability of outstate companies to compete.
- But now that edge is disappearing, while higher energy costs will crimp growth around the world.
- A nation that crimps the diversity of its own news and comment, has a poor regard for its own rights and interests.
- Second, despite past Fed tightening, corporate interest rates are still attractive enough so as not to crimp borrowing.
- A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential.

noun krɪmpkrɪmp

1A folded or compressed edge.
拳曲；波浪形；折叠（或压缩）边
Example sentencesExamples
- The crimp might have been an inspired attempt to rescue a really bad hair day, but who will ever know.
- Wrinkles, crimps, ruffles, fine pleating and quilting are built into otherwise plain fabric structures.
- Anyway, Hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks pretty lame.
- With each soft shadow and sharp crimp exquisitely rendered, the act of painting serves to overwhelm the subject.
- Next, a hairdresser - camp of course - who threatens perms and crimps or whatever gawd-awful style he can muster, and a dentist who wants to remove all of her teeth, and replace them with Stanley knife blades.
- Her long hennaed hair was arranged in pre-Raphaelite crimps, and she wore quilted red trousers and a red satin blouse.
- The wool fibers have crimps or curls which create pockets and gives the wool a spongy feel and creates insulation for the wearer.
- The guys busied themselves with a rather competitive game of pool while I took time to wash my face, reapply my makeup in much darker evening colors, and add a few random crimps and curls to my straight hair.
- If you would like to add knots, crimps or braids, you may prefer hair that is not as soft.
1. 1.1 A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together.
  （电线等的）压合连接器
  Example sentencesExamples
  For instance, a sturdy crimp on a lead alloy bullet may not make it shoot tighter groups, but it sure holds it in place while the rifle's action is being cycled.
  Since we're normally using pretty fast burning powders we really don't need an aggressive crimp to promote good ignition.
  The heavy crimp is a necessity with this powder for both ‘uniformity and velocity.’
  Now close the crimps to leave the swivel sat about 2-ins above the split ring.
  When the factories introduced the much easier to manufacture six- and eight-fold star crimps, advertising campaigns demonized the roll crimp and the overshot wad.
  I prefer to use 2-ft of 100 lb mono, then tie in another swivel and crimp on 18-inches of 60 lb wire to the hook.
  Measure up from the bait clip about 18-inches and crimp both crimps either side of the swivel into place.
  Check out your traces, clean and inspect the crimps.
  A good crimp also helps to promote consistent velocity.
  Bring the wire back through the crimp bead and flatten.
  In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp.
  Next working from the other end, slide a crimp up the line followed by the hook.
  I much prefer to make up a half dozen traces and crimp them using double barrelled crimps.
  With braid, crimps are replaced by telephone wire wrapped tightly around the braid.
  As with any magnum cartridge, a firm crimp is recommended.
  You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters.
  Now add a crimp, 2mm bead, size 10 swivel, another bead and a crimp.
  The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated with crimp connectors at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps.
  There was no evidence of reduced bullet pull as is sometimes seen with moly-coated bullets, but a good crimp is still advisable.
  Snug the knot up until it is of a size which will allow the hook to swing freely, pass the tag end of line though the crimp and snug it down close to the knot.
2North American 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。

Phrases

put a crimp in

informal Have an adverse effect on.
〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍
well, that puts a crimp in my theory
嗯，那对我的理论不利。
Example sentencesExamples
- Charging for online reading would surely put a crimp in political blogging since so much of what we do feeds off of stories in the press.
- Hopefully the delay won't put a crimp in the supply.
- See, I'm planning on taking her out to a very expensive café every afternoon after school to celebrate our relationship, so that would definitely put a crimp in my plans.
- While the long days give you plenty of opportunity to roam, high prices can put a crimp in the ol’ travel budget.
- Tobacco also puts a crimp in your campaign against blood fats.
- In addition to the modest increase in demand, higher freight costs could put a crimp in cement imports, which account for about one-fifth of the market.
- By taking the proper precautions and teaching them to your child, you can prevent these uncomfortable skin infections from putting a crimp in your active child's lifestyle.
- All in all, more than half of our contractors found that they had basically outgrown their trailer capacity before they'd planned to, putting a crimp in operations.
- California's energy shortage and the resulting strain on Washington's power supply are putting a crimp in dairy producers' already-small profit margins.
- Williams' one worry is that budget politics may put a crimp in the market down the road, especially if there is a prolonged economic recession.

Derivatives

crimpy

adjective ˈkrɪmpiˈkrɪmpi

Her chin length white blond hair, crimpy as genetics ‘blessed’ us, was pushed to her shoulders, and she looked exactly like I did at that age.
Example sentencesExamples
- His bamboo cane held over his shoulder, made him look extra spiffy, as his hair was finally out of those beaded braids, and hung down crimpy.
- When I was finally finished, his hair was between being crimpy and curly.
- I put my hair up in a sporty, yet spunky and crimpy ponytail.

Origin

Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen 'shrink, wrinkle'. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.

Rhymes

blimp, chimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp

Definition of crimp in US English:

crimp

verbkrimpkrɪmp

[with object]

1Compress (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。
Example sentencesExamples
- These circular divots with their pre-measured portions and neatly crimped perimeter, are a godsend.
- Place 2tbsp filling on each pastry round, add a pinch of butter, sprinkle with a little flour, lightly brush the edges with beaten egg and bring the edges together at the top or at the side, pinching or crimping them firmly to seal.
- Spoon a little of the pumpkin filling onto the centre of each round, fold in half and crimp the edges.
- Fold the dough over to form a semi-circle, and crimp the edges to encompass the filling.
- Trim away any excess and crimp the edges with your fingers so that the pie is well sealed.
- The back end is crimped and folded, almost to the point of being concertina-ed.
- Cover with the remaining pastry, sealing and crimping the edges.
- Bring the top portion over the coconut to cover it and crimp the edges to seal with a fork.
- Fold in half, and crimp the sides together, leaving the top open.
- It is manufactured in an unexpanded form and may be crimped over the balloon and then expanded.
- Fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork to seal.
- The machine crimps paper to up to 6 1/2 inches wide.
- No need to edge a pie dish or struggle with crimping.
- There were several times last year when I would crimp a band around a pelican's leg and it would close too tight and I would need assistance taking the band off and putting it on correctly.
- When ready to fill, have ready a fork for crimping and a bowl of water.
- Place the single sheet of puff pastry over the pie plate and crimp the edges down with a fork.
- Better was the beef à l' orange, thin strips of meat fried in a batter that crimps them into irregular corkscrew shapes, cloaked by a sweet, sticky, soy sauce.
- From chalking, antiquing, crimping, trimming, inking, and even shadowing, her ideas are sure to inspire hours of stamping creativity.
- A bovine jugular vein valve is sutured to the inner aspect of a large stent, which is crimped on to a balloon delivery system and then expanded into a valveless outflow conduit that has been surgically placed in the right ventricle.
- Sonam slits one eye and instantly crimps it shut.
Synonyms
flute, pleat, corrugate, ruffle, furrow, groove, ridge, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, pucker, gather
1. 1.1 Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends.
  用压合法连接（电线或电缆）
  Example sentencesExamples
  This needs crimping to the swivel and hook, though some commercial grades can be knotted if you soften the line in warm water before tying.
  When crimping wire, use a crimp big enough to allow the wire to go through once, be doubled back, then doubled back a third time, then crimp hard using proper crimping pliers.
  This is simply made by bringing the wire through the hooks eye twice and twisting the wire inside itself to form a loop then crimping the free tag end.
  With this Antec unit, you can even crimp some extra included molex or SATA power connectors to the provided cables.
  Next, take the other end of the wire, crimp a connector on it, and attach it to a wiring block a few inches away, as shown in Figure 8-6.
  Now crimp a 1.5-metre length of 275 lb wire to this.
  The ferrules are soft enough to crimp down onto the cable, locking the cable in place.
  There are two more molex and two more SATA power connectors you can crimp onto any of the cables.
  Make sure you buy a good wire crimping tool with good quality crimps.
  Then crimp using the right size cut-outs in the pliers so that the knot is firmly fixed.
  Today it's possible to buy wire which can be knotted, or crimped.
2. 1.2often as adjective crimped Make waves in (someone's hair) with a curling iron.
  使（头发）呈波浪形，使拳曲，烫（发）
  crimped blond hair
  烫卷的金发。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We find a bench and watch a woman on the boardwalk pulling a pink brush through her long crimped hair.
  Kristie is 5ft tall, of stocky build with crimped blonde hair in a pony tail.
  She even crimped her hair once, and we went lurid green with envy.
  She had crimped her dark hair earlier in the week; it was falling in waves around her face, almost obscuring the puppy-dog eyes she was making.
  New technology has created space-age irons that let you curl, crimp, bend, flip, spiral, straighten and create unique designs and shapes.
  A couple of seats up is Nadine, her long blonde hair crimped and flowing down her back.
  Her hair was short, blonde, crimped, she was shorter than I was, she had striking blue eyes.
  Their hair was in big waves, crimped and curled after what I imagined was the collective effort of painful rollers, hot irons, and all-night slumber parties.
  For special occasions, crimping your hair was the way to go to look elegant.
  I had my hair crimped and pushed back a little with my favorite white and black headband.
  She was at the edge of the balcony in a baby blue satin dress and blonde crimped hair.
  ‘No, I like it crimped,’ Tatiana said, smoothing her brown hair.
  Read the latest hair trends that involve long hair, texture, crimping & waves.
  They worked the waver down each section, from the roots to the ends, and alternated the direction to create an almost crimped look.
  After my shower, I let my hair air dry, meaning it would be crimped, but I didn't care.
  Tatiana was sitting behind me on the edge of the tub with her hair half crimped, looking at me with a critical eye.
  Her fingers nimbly removed the stones and plait, leaving the auburn hair crimped.
  Her hair was crimped and held back with a headband.
  Her hair was crimped and fell down to her shoulders.
  Her rich and thick black hair was tightly crimped.
  Synonyms
  curl, crinkle, kink, frizz, frizzle, coil, corkscrew, wave
2North American informal Have a limiting or adverse effect on (something)
〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍
farmers complain that the drought could crimp their income potential
Example sentencesExamples
- Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit.
- The Big Three say that tougher mileage rules - particularly for SUVs - could cost each several billion dollars over the next few years and seriously crimp profits.
- Despite the near-term gains, Gartner warns that budgets remain crimped.
- A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential.
- Analysts say that's crimping profits as it forces companies to cut rates.
- It's a real issue - our paper did a story on it a while back, how the lack of high-speed access crimps the ability of outstate companies to compete.
- But now that edge is disappearing, while higher energy costs will crimp growth around the world.
- They said steps taken earlier this year to slow growth in key sectors crimped imports of raw materials and cut into international freight rates.
- Hence, contracts for new Air Corps helicopters have been cancelled and plans to grow the overseas aid budget have been crimped.
- The local stock market has fallen more than 40 percent in the last year and falling interest rates have crimped yields on bonds, prompting insurers to look for other investments to meet premium payments.
- A nation that crimps the diversity of its own news and comment, has a poor regard for its own rights and interests.
- The expansion of Swire's support business for offshore oil exploration may help the conglomerate offset the impact of high oil prices that crimped earnings at its 46 per cent owned Cathay Pacific Airways.
- Competition gives little scope to raise prices, crimping the profit from processing each barrel of oil into fuels.
- Soaring pension costs and a shortage of labor threaten to severely crimp Finland's fast-paced gross domestic product growth, economists say.
- The US dollar fell to an eight-month low against the euro and a six-month low against the Japanese yen on Monday as investors worried that high oil prices may crimp economic growth.
- Margins would continue to be crimped, however, due to increased competition.
- Second, despite past Fed tightening, corporate interest rates are still attractive enough so as not to crimp borrowing.
- Its sales potential has been crimped by the delays.
- BRITISH AIRWAYS, Europe's biggest airline, will accelerate job reductions and cut flights to trim costs as the war in Iraq crimps demand for air travel.
- Many Irish companies have warned profits will be crimped as the rise in the euro makes it more expensive to sell goods to Britain and the US.

nounkrimpkrɪmp

1A 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。
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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Next, a hairdresser - camp of course - who threatens perms and crimps or whatever gawd-awful style he can muster, and a dentist who wants to remove all of her teeth, and replace them with Stanley knife blades.
- Her long hennaed hair was arranged in pre-Raphaelite crimps, and she wore quilted red trousers and a red satin blouse.
- Wrinkles, crimps, ruffles, fine pleating and quilting are built into otherwise plain fabric structures.
- The crimp might have been an inspired attempt to rescue a really bad hair day, but who will ever know.
- If you would like to add knots, crimps or braids, you may prefer hair that is not as soft.
- Anyway, Hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks pretty lame.
- The wool fibers have crimps or curls which create pockets and gives the wool a spongy feel and creates insulation for the wearer.
- The guys busied themselves with a rather competitive game of pool while I took time to wash my face, reapply my makeup in much darker evening colors, and add a few random crimps and curls to my straight hair.
- With each soft shadow and sharp crimp exquisitely rendered, the act of painting serves to overwhelm the subject.
1. 1.1 A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together.
  （电线等的）压合连接器
  Example sentencesExamples
  For instance, a sturdy crimp on a lead alloy bullet may not make it shoot tighter groups, but it sure holds it in place while the rifle's action is being cycled.
  Check out your traces, clean and inspect the crimps.
  There was no evidence of reduced bullet pull as is sometimes seen with moly-coated bullets, but a good crimp is still advisable.
  I much prefer to make up a half dozen traces and crimp them using double barrelled crimps.
  You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters.
  The heavy crimp is a necessity with this powder for both ‘uniformity and velocity.’
  In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp.
  Measure up from the bait clip about 18-inches and crimp both crimps either side of the swivel into place.
  Next working from the other end, slide a crimp up the line followed by the hook.
  I prefer to use 2-ft of 100 lb mono, then tie in another swivel and crimp on 18-inches of 60 lb wire to the hook.
  A good crimp also helps to promote consistent velocity.
  The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated with crimp connectors at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps.
  As with any magnum cartridge, a firm crimp is recommended.
  Now close the crimps to leave the swivel sat about 2-ins above the split ring.
  With braid, crimps are replaced by telephone wire wrapped tightly around the braid.
  Now add a crimp, 2mm bead, size 10 swivel, another bead and a crimp.
  Snug the knot up until it is of a size which will allow the hook to swing freely, pass the tag end of line though the crimp and snug it down close to the knot.
  Bring the wire back through the crimp bead and flatten.
  When the factories introduced the much easier to manufacture six- and eight-fold star crimps, advertising campaigns demonized the roll crimp and the overshot wad.
  Since we're normally using pretty fast burning powders we really don't need an aggressive crimp to promote good ignition.
2North American 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。

Phrases

put a crimp in

informal Have an adverse effect on.
〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍
well, that puts a crimp in my theory
嗯，那对我的理论不利。
Example sentencesExamples
- Hopefully the delay won't put a crimp in the supply.
- In addition to the modest increase in demand, higher freight costs could put a crimp in cement imports, which account for about one-fifth of the market.
- All in all, more than half of our contractors found that they had basically outgrown their trailer capacity before they'd planned to, putting a crimp in operations.
- Tobacco also puts a crimp in your campaign against blood fats.
- By taking the proper precautions and teaching them to your child, you can prevent these uncomfortable skin infections from putting a crimp in your active child's lifestyle.
- Charging for online reading would surely put a crimp in political blogging since so much of what we do feeds off of stories in the press.
- See, I'm planning on taking her out to a very expensive café every afternoon after school to celebrate our relationship, so that would definitely put a crimp in my plans.
- California's energy shortage and the resulting strain on Washington's power supply are putting a crimp in dairy producers' already-small profit margins.
- Williams' one worry is that budget politics may put a crimp in the market down the road, especially if there is a prolonged economic recession.
- While the long days give you plenty of opportunity to roam, high prices can put a crimp in the ol’ travel budget.

Origin

Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen ‘shrink, wrinkle’. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch.

词汇	crimp
释义	Definition of crimp in English: crimp verb krɪmpkrɪmp [with object] 1Compress (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。 Example sentencesExamples When ready to fill, have ready a fork for crimping and a bowl of water. Bring the top portion over the coconut to cover it and crimp the edges to seal with a fork. Spoon a little of the pumpkin filling onto the centre of each round, fold in half and crimp the edges. Place the single sheet of puff pastry over the pie plate and crimp the edges down with a fork. It is manufactured in an unexpanded form and may be crimped over the balloon and then expanded. These circular divots with their pre-measured portions and neatly crimped perimeter, are a godsend. No need to edge a pie dish or struggle with crimping. The machine crimps paper to up to 6 1/2 inches wide. Fold in half, and crimp the sides together, leaving the top open. Better was the beef à l' orange, thin strips of meat fried in a batter that crimps them into irregular corkscrew shapes, cloaked by a sweet, sticky, soy sauce. Trim away any excess and crimp the edges with your fingers so that the pie is well sealed. A bovine jugular vein valve is sutured to the inner aspect of a large stent, which is crimped on to a balloon delivery system and then expanded into a valveless outflow conduit that has been surgically placed in the right ventricle. Fold the dough over to form a semi-circle, and crimp the edges to encompass the filling. Cover with the remaining pastry, sealing and crimping the edges. There were several times last year when I would crimp a band around a pelican's leg and it would close too tight and I would need assistance taking the band off and putting it on correctly. Place 2tbsp filling on each pastry round, add a pinch of butter, sprinkle with a little flour, lightly brush the edges with beaten egg and bring the edges together at the top or at the side, pinching or crimping them firmly to seal. Fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork to seal. From chalking, antiquing, crimping, trimming, inking, and even shadowing, her ideas are sure to inspire hours of stamping creativity. Sonam slits one eye and instantly crimps it shut. The back end is crimped and folded, almost to the point of being concertina-ed. Synonyms flute, pleat, corrugate, ruffle, furrow, groove, ridge, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, pucker, gather pinch, press together, squeeze together British rare ruckle 1.1 Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends. 用压合法连接（电线或电缆） pliers will crimp wires together Example sentencesExamples Next, take the other end of the wire, crimp a connector on it, and attach it to a wiring block a few inches away, as shown in Figure 8-6. This needs crimping to the swivel and hook, though some commercial grades can be knotted if you soften the line in warm water before tying. With this Antec unit, you can even crimp some extra included molex or SATA power connectors to the provided cables. There are two more molex and two more SATA power connectors you can crimp onto any of the cables. This is simply made by bringing the wire through the hooks eye twice and twisting the wire inside itself to form a loop then crimping the free tag end. Today it's possible to buy wire which can be knotted, or crimped. When crimping wire, use a crimp big enough to allow the wire to go through once, be doubled back, then doubled back a third time, then crimp hard using proper crimping pliers. Make sure you buy a good wire crimping tool with good quality crimps. Then crimp using the right size cut-outs in the pliers so that the knot is firmly fixed. Now crimp a 1.5-metre length of 275 lb wire to this. The ferrules are soft enough to crimp down onto the cable, locking the cable in place. 1.2often as adjective 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。 Example sentencesExamples New technology has created space-age irons that let you curl, crimp, bend, flip, spiral, straighten and create unique designs and shapes. Her rich and thick black hair was tightly crimped. After my shower, I let my hair air dry, meaning it would be crimped, but I didn't care. I had my hair crimped and pushed back a little with my favorite white and black headband. She even crimped her hair once, and we went lurid green with envy. For special occasions, crimping your hair was the way to go to look elegant. ‘No, I like it crimped,’ Tatiana said, smoothing her brown hair. She had crimped her dark hair earlier in the week; it was falling in waves around her face, almost obscuring the puppy-dog eyes she was making. Her fingers nimbly removed the stones and plait, leaving the auburn hair crimped. Her hair was crimped and held back with a headband. A couple of seats up is Nadine, her long blonde hair crimped and flowing down her back. Read the latest hair trends that involve long hair, texture, crimping & waves. Tatiana was sitting behind me on the edge of the tub with her hair half crimped, looking at me with a critical eye. Her hair was crimped and fell down to her shoulders. She was at the edge of the balcony in a baby blue satin dress and blonde crimped hair. Their hair was in big waves, crimped and curled after what I imagined was the collective effort of painful rollers, hot irons, and all-night slumber parties. Kristie is 5ft tall, of stocky build with crimped blonde hair in a pony tail. They worked the waver down each section, from the roots to the ends, and alternated the direction to create an almost crimped look. We find a bench and watch a woman on the boardwalk pulling a pink brush through her long crimped hair. Her hair was short, blonde, crimped, she was shorter than I was, she had striking blue eyes. Synonyms curl, crinkle, kink, frizz, frizzle, coil, corkscrew, wave 2North American 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。 Example sentencesExamples BRITISH AIRWAYS, Europe's biggest airline, will accelerate job reductions and cut flights to trim costs as the war in Iraq crimps demand for air travel. Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit. Many Irish companies have warned profits will be crimped as the rise in the euro makes it more expensive to sell goods to Britain and the US. Its sales potential has been crimped by the delays. Competition gives little scope to raise prices, crimping the profit from processing each barrel of oil into fuels. Soaring pension costs and a shortage of labor threaten to severely crimp Finland's fast-paced gross domestic product growth, economists say. They said steps taken earlier this year to slow growth in key sectors crimped imports of raw materials and cut into international freight rates. Despite the near-term gains, Gartner warns that budgets remain crimped. The expansion of Swire's support business for offshore oil exploration may help the conglomerate offset the impact of high oil prices that crimped earnings at its 46 per cent owned Cathay Pacific Airways. The Big Three say that tougher mileage rules - particularly for SUVs - could cost each several billion dollars over the next few years and seriously crimp profits. The US dollar fell to an eight-month low against the euro and a six-month low against the Japanese yen on Monday as investors worried that high oil prices may crimp economic growth. The local stock market has fallen more than 40 percent in the last year and falling interest rates have crimped yields on bonds, prompting insurers to look for other investments to meet premium payments. Hence, contracts for new Air Corps helicopters have been cancelled and plans to grow the overseas aid budget have been crimped. Analysts say that's crimping profits as it forces companies to cut rates. Margins would continue to be crimped, however, due to increased competition. It's a real issue - our paper did a story on it a while back, how the lack of high-speed access crimps the ability of outstate companies to compete. But now that edge is disappearing, while higher energy costs will crimp growth around the world. A nation that crimps the diversity of its own news and comment, has a poor regard for its own rights and interests. Second, despite past Fed tightening, corporate interest rates are still attractive enough so as not to crimp borrowing. A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential. noun krɪmpkrɪmp 1A folded or compressed edge. 拳曲；波浪形；折叠（或压缩）边 Example sentencesExamples The crimp might have been an inspired attempt to rescue a really bad hair day, but who will ever know. Wrinkles, crimps, ruffles, fine pleating and quilting are built into otherwise plain fabric structures. Anyway, Hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks pretty lame. With each soft shadow and sharp crimp exquisitely rendered, the act of painting serves to overwhelm the subject. Next, a hairdresser - camp of course - who threatens perms and crimps or whatever gawd-awful style he can muster, and a dentist who wants to remove all of her teeth, and replace them with Stanley knife blades. Her long hennaed hair was arranged in pre-Raphaelite crimps, and she wore quilted red trousers and a red satin blouse. The wool fibers have crimps or curls which create pockets and gives the wool a spongy feel and creates insulation for the wearer. The guys busied themselves with a rather competitive game of pool while I took time to wash my face, reapply my makeup in much darker evening colors, and add a few random crimps and curls to my straight hair. If you would like to add knots, crimps or braids, you may prefer hair that is not as soft. 1.1 A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. （电线等的）压合连接器 Example sentencesExamples For instance, a sturdy crimp on a lead alloy bullet may not make it shoot tighter groups, but it sure holds it in place while the rifle's action is being cycled. Since we're normally using pretty fast burning powders we really don't need an aggressive crimp to promote good ignition. The heavy crimp is a necessity with this powder for both ‘uniformity and velocity.’ Now close the crimps to leave the swivel sat about 2-ins above the split ring. When the factories introduced the much easier to manufacture six- and eight-fold star crimps, advertising campaigns demonized the roll crimp and the overshot wad. I prefer to use 2-ft of 100 lb mono, then tie in another swivel and crimp on 18-inches of 60 lb wire to the hook. Measure up from the bait clip about 18-inches and crimp both crimps either side of the swivel into place. Check out your traces, clean and inspect the crimps. A good crimp also helps to promote consistent velocity. Bring the wire back through the crimp bead and flatten. In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp. Next working from the other end, slide a crimp up the line followed by the hook. I much prefer to make up a half dozen traces and crimp them using double barrelled crimps. With braid, crimps are replaced by telephone wire wrapped tightly around the braid. As with any magnum cartridge, a firm crimp is recommended. You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters. Now add a crimp, 2mm bead, size 10 swivel, another bead and a crimp. The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated with crimp connectors at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps. There was no evidence of reduced bullet pull as is sometimes seen with moly-coated bullets, but a good crimp is still advisable. Snug the knot up until it is of a size which will allow the hook to swing freely, pass the tag end of line though the crimp and snug it down close to the knot. 2North American 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。 Phrases put a crimp in informal Have an adverse effect on. 〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍 well, that puts a crimp in my theory 嗯，那对我的理论不利。 Example sentencesExamples Charging for online reading would surely put a crimp in political blogging since so much of what we do feeds off of stories in the press. Hopefully the delay won't put a crimp in the supply. See, I'm planning on taking her out to a very expensive café every afternoon after school to celebrate our relationship, so that would definitely put a crimp in my plans. While the long days give you plenty of opportunity to roam, high prices can put a crimp in the ol’ travel budget. Tobacco also puts a crimp in your campaign against blood fats. In addition to the modest increase in demand, higher freight costs could put a crimp in cement imports, which account for about one-fifth of the market. By taking the proper precautions and teaching them to your child, you can prevent these uncomfortable skin infections from putting a crimp in your active child's lifestyle. All in all, more than half of our contractors found that they had basically outgrown their trailer capacity before they'd planned to, putting a crimp in operations. California's energy shortage and the resulting strain on Washington's power supply are putting a crimp in dairy producers' already-small profit margins. Williams' one worry is that budget politics may put a crimp in the market down the road, especially if there is a prolonged economic recession. Derivatives crimpy adjective ˈkrɪmpiˈkrɪmpi Her chin length white blond hair, crimpy as genetics ‘blessed’ us, was pushed to her shoulders, and she looked exactly like I did at that age. Example sentencesExamples His bamboo cane held over his shoulder, made him look extra spiffy, as his hair was finally out of those beaded braids, and hung down crimpy. When I was finally finished, his hair was between being crimpy and curly. I put my hair up in a sporty, yet spunky and crimpy ponytail. Origin Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen 'shrink, wrinkle'. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch. Rhymes blimp, chimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp verb.1 phr. Definition of crimp in US English: crimp verbkrimpkrɪmp [with object] 1Compress (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。 Example sentencesExamples These circular divots with their pre-measured portions and neatly crimped perimeter, are a godsend. Place 2tbsp filling on each pastry round, add a pinch of butter, sprinkle with a little flour, lightly brush the edges with beaten egg and bring the edges together at the top or at the side, pinching or crimping them firmly to seal. Spoon a little of the pumpkin filling onto the centre of each round, fold in half and crimp the edges. Fold the dough over to form a semi-circle, and crimp the edges to encompass the filling. Trim away any excess and crimp the edges with your fingers so that the pie is well sealed. The back end is crimped and folded, almost to the point of being concertina-ed. Cover with the remaining pastry, sealing and crimping the edges. Bring the top portion over the coconut to cover it and crimp the edges to seal with a fork. Fold in half, and crimp the sides together, leaving the top open. It is manufactured in an unexpanded form and may be crimped over the balloon and then expanded. Fold dough over filling and crimp edges with a fork to seal. The machine crimps paper to up to 6 1/2 inches wide. No need to edge a pie dish or struggle with crimping. There were several times last year when I would crimp a band around a pelican's leg and it would close too tight and I would need assistance taking the band off and putting it on correctly. When ready to fill, have ready a fork for crimping and a bowl of water. Place the single sheet of puff pastry over the pie plate and crimp the edges down with a fork. Better was the beef à l' orange, thin strips of meat fried in a batter that crimps them into irregular corkscrew shapes, cloaked by a sweet, sticky, soy sauce. From chalking, antiquing, crimping, trimming, inking, and even shadowing, her ideas are sure to inspire hours of stamping creativity. A bovine jugular vein valve is sutured to the inner aspect of a large stent, which is crimped on to a balloon delivery system and then expanded into a valveless outflow conduit that has been surgically placed in the right ventricle. Sonam slits one eye and instantly crimps it shut. Synonyms flute, pleat, corrugate, ruffle, furrow, groove, ridge, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crumple, pucker, gather 1.1 Connect (a wire or cable) by squeezing the end or ends. 用压合法连接（电线或电缆） Example sentencesExamples This needs crimping to the swivel and hook, though some commercial grades can be knotted if you soften the line in warm water before tying. When crimping wire, use a crimp big enough to allow the wire to go through once, be doubled back, then doubled back a third time, then crimp hard using proper crimping pliers. This is simply made by bringing the wire through the hooks eye twice and twisting the wire inside itself to form a loop then crimping the free tag end. With this Antec unit, you can even crimp some extra included molex or SATA power connectors to the provided cables. Next, take the other end of the wire, crimp a connector on it, and attach it to a wiring block a few inches away, as shown in Figure 8-6. Now crimp a 1.5-metre length of 275 lb wire to this. The ferrules are soft enough to crimp down onto the cable, locking the cable in place. There are two more molex and two more SATA power connectors you can crimp onto any of the cables. Make sure you buy a good wire crimping tool with good quality crimps. Then crimp using the right size cut-outs in the pliers so that the knot is firmly fixed. Today it's possible to buy wire which can be knotted, or crimped. 1.2often as adjective crimped Make waves in (someone's hair) with a curling iron. 使（头发）呈波浪形，使拳曲，烫（发） crimped blond hair 烫卷的金发。 Example sentencesExamples We find a bench and watch a woman on the boardwalk pulling a pink brush through her long crimped hair. Kristie is 5ft tall, of stocky build with crimped blonde hair in a pony tail. She even crimped her hair once, and we went lurid green with envy. She had crimped her dark hair earlier in the week; it was falling in waves around her face, almost obscuring the puppy-dog eyes she was making. New technology has created space-age irons that let you curl, crimp, bend, flip, spiral, straighten and create unique designs and shapes. A couple of seats up is Nadine, her long blonde hair crimped and flowing down her back. Her hair was short, blonde, crimped, she was shorter than I was, she had striking blue eyes. Their hair was in big waves, crimped and curled after what I imagined was the collective effort of painful rollers, hot irons, and all-night slumber parties. For special occasions, crimping your hair was the way to go to look elegant. I had my hair crimped and pushed back a little with my favorite white and black headband. She was at the edge of the balcony in a baby blue satin dress and blonde crimped hair. ‘No, I like it crimped,’ Tatiana said, smoothing her brown hair. Read the latest hair trends that involve long hair, texture, crimping & waves. They worked the waver down each section, from the roots to the ends, and alternated the direction to create an almost crimped look. After my shower, I let my hair air dry, meaning it would be crimped, but I didn't care. Tatiana was sitting behind me on the edge of the tub with her hair half crimped, looking at me with a critical eye. Her fingers nimbly removed the stones and plait, leaving the auburn hair crimped. Her hair was crimped and held back with a headband. Her hair was crimped and fell down to her shoulders. Her rich and thick black hair was tightly crimped. Synonyms curl, crinkle, kink, frizz, frizzle, coil, corkscrew, wave 2North American informal Have a limiting or adverse effect on (something) 〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍 farmers complain that the drought could crimp their income potential Example sentencesExamples Persistent deflation has crimped corporate earnings and worsened the government's deficit. The Big Three say that tougher mileage rules - particularly for SUVs - could cost each several billion dollars over the next few years and seriously crimp profits. Despite the near-term gains, Gartner warns that budgets remain crimped. A rash of copycats, who now imitate the same trading tactics, will crimp his profit potential. Analysts say that's crimping profits as it forces companies to cut rates. It's a real issue - our paper did a story on it a while back, how the lack of high-speed access crimps the ability of outstate companies to compete. But now that edge is disappearing, while higher energy costs will crimp growth around the world. They said steps taken earlier this year to slow growth in key sectors crimped imports of raw materials and cut into international freight rates. Hence, contracts for new Air Corps helicopters have been cancelled and plans to grow the overseas aid budget have been crimped. The local stock market has fallen more than 40 percent in the last year and falling interest rates have crimped yields on bonds, prompting insurers to look for other investments to meet premium payments. A nation that crimps the diversity of its own news and comment, has a poor regard for its own rights and interests. The expansion of Swire's support business for offshore oil exploration may help the conglomerate offset the impact of high oil prices that crimped earnings at its 46 per cent owned Cathay Pacific Airways. Competition gives little scope to raise prices, crimping the profit from processing each barrel of oil into fuels. Soaring pension costs and a shortage of labor threaten to severely crimp Finland's fast-paced gross domestic product growth, economists say. The US dollar fell to an eight-month low against the euro and a six-month low against the Japanese yen on Monday as investors worried that high oil prices may crimp economic growth. Margins would continue to be crimped, however, due to increased competition. Second, despite past Fed tightening, corporate interest rates are still attractive enough so as not to crimp borrowing. Its sales potential has been crimped by the delays. BRITISH AIRWAYS, Europe's biggest airline, will accelerate job reductions and cut flights to trim costs as the war in Iraq crimps demand for air travel. Many Irish companies have warned profits will be crimped as the rise in the euro makes it more expensive to sell goods to Britain and the US. nounkrimpkrɪmp 1A 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。 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。 Example sentencesExamples Next, a hairdresser - camp of course - who threatens perms and crimps or whatever gawd-awful style he can muster, and a dentist who wants to remove all of her teeth, and replace them with Stanley knife blades. Her long hennaed hair was arranged in pre-Raphaelite crimps, and she wore quilted red trousers and a red satin blouse. Wrinkles, crimps, ruffles, fine pleating and quilting are built into otherwise plain fabric structures. The crimp might have been an inspired attempt to rescue a really bad hair day, but who will ever know. If you would like to add knots, crimps or braids, you may prefer hair that is not as soft. Anyway, Hayley has pouffed her hair out into some ‘rock star’ curls and crimps, and she looks pretty lame. The wool fibers have crimps or curls which create pockets and gives the wool a spongy feel and creates insulation for the wearer. The guys busied themselves with a rather competitive game of pool while I took time to wash my face, reapply my makeup in much darker evening colors, and add a few random crimps and curls to my straight hair. With each soft shadow and sharp crimp exquisitely rendered, the act of painting serves to overwhelm the subject. 1.1 A small connecting piece for crimping wires or lines together. （电线等的）压合连接器 Example sentencesExamples For instance, a sturdy crimp on a lead alloy bullet may not make it shoot tighter groups, but it sure holds it in place while the rifle's action is being cycled. Check out your traces, clean and inspect the crimps. There was no evidence of reduced bullet pull as is sometimes seen with moly-coated bullets, but a good crimp is still advisable. I much prefer to make up a half dozen traces and crimp them using double barrelled crimps. You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters. The heavy crimp is a necessity with this powder for both ‘uniformity and velocity.’ In Wisconsin some of my muskie fisherman friends use a snap swivel which they attach to the wire with a crimp. Measure up from the bait clip about 18-inches and crimp both crimps either side of the swivel into place. Next working from the other end, slide a crimp up the line followed by the hook. I prefer to use 2-ft of 100 lb mono, then tie in another swivel and crimp on 18-inches of 60 lb wire to the hook. A good crimp also helps to promote consistent velocity. The internal harnesses comprise unlabeled black wires terminated with crimp connectors at the bridge rectifiers and filter caps. As with any magnum cartridge, a firm crimp is recommended. Now close the crimps to leave the swivel sat about 2-ins above the split ring. With braid, crimps are replaced by telephone wire wrapped tightly around the braid. Now add a crimp, 2mm bead, size 10 swivel, another bead and a crimp. Snug the knot up until it is of a size which will allow the hook to swing freely, pass the tag end of line though the crimp and snug it down close to the knot. Bring the wire back through the crimp bead and flatten. When the factories introduced the much easier to manufacture six- and eight-fold star crimps, advertising campaigns demonized the roll crimp and the overshot wad. Since we're normally using pretty fast burning powders we really don't need an aggressive crimp to promote good ignition. 2North American 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。 Phrases put a crimp in informal Have an adverse effect on. 〈北美，非正式〉束缚；阻碍 well, that puts a crimp in my theory 嗯，那对我的理论不利。 Example sentencesExamples Hopefully the delay won't put a crimp in the supply. In addition to the modest increase in demand, higher freight costs could put a crimp in cement imports, which account for about one-fifth of the market. All in all, more than half of our contractors found that they had basically outgrown their trailer capacity before they'd planned to, putting a crimp in operations. Tobacco also puts a crimp in your campaign against blood fats. By taking the proper precautions and teaching them to your child, you can prevent these uncomfortable skin infections from putting a crimp in your active child's lifestyle. Charging for online reading would surely put a crimp in political blogging since so much of what we do feeds off of stories in the press. See, I'm planning on taking her out to a very expensive café every afternoon after school to celebrate our relationship, so that would definitely put a crimp in my plans. California's energy shortage and the resulting strain on Washington's power supply are putting a crimp in dairy producers' already-small profit margins. Williams' one worry is that budget politics may put a crimp in the market down the road, especially if there is a prolonged economic recession. While the long days give you plenty of opportunity to roam, high prices can put a crimp in the ol’ travel budget. Origin Old English gecrympan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krimpen ‘shrink, wrinkle’. Of rare occurrence before the 18th century, the word was perhaps reintroduced from Low German or Dutch. verb.1 phr.
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