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

• Supplies of foreign oil were crimped by the embargo.
  禁运阻碍了外国原油的供应。
• Slowing economic activity has crimped demand; loan quotas and banks 'risk aversion have capped supply.
  经济活动放缓减少了贷款需求；贷款额度和银行的避险心理则限制了贷款供应。
• To avoid mixing up the lines, one of them should be crimped again after the other connection point.
  为避免与其他线路混淆，应将该线束中的一个导线在其他连接点后重新压褶。
• Weaker global demand has crimped growth across the board, but on a quarterly basis, exports of clothing, shoes and steel all fell far more sharply than electrical goods.
  全球需求走软降低了整体出口增速，但以季度衡量，服装、鞋类和钢铁出口的降幅远高于电器出口。
• Low prices crimped domestic output and foreign imports.
  低物价阻碍了国内出口和国外进口。
• Bankers argued that the growth of electronic trading and their shrinking balance sheets crimped liquidity when it was most needed and exacerbated volatility.
  银行家们辩称，电子交易的增加以及银行日益收缩的资产负债表，在人们最需要流动性的时候抑制了流动性，并且加剧了波动性。
• South Africa's reputation for crime and violence has crimped foreign direct investment.
  南非素以犯罪和暴力闻名，从而阻碍了外国直接投资。
• At the household level, soaring energy prices have crimped discretionary income levels across Europe, resulting in less spending.
  在家庭层面上，能源价格不断飙升，已影响了整个欧洲地区的随意支配收入水平，导致了支出减少。
• 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。
• The world oil market has also learned to be disappointed with non-OPEC producers, as underinvestment and aging oil fields in places such as Mexico and Russia have crimped crude production.
  一些非欧佩克成员的产油国也令石油市场失望不已，比如，墨西哥和俄罗斯等国投资不足以及油田老化的状况制约了原油产量。