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a pimp
He was a pimp in the 1980s.
他二十世纪八十年代是个皮条客。
皮条客；拉皮条的人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
皮条客；拉皮条的人
a person who finds customers for prostitutes and manages them, taking a share of their earnings
He was a pimp in the 1980s.
他二十世纪八十年代是个皮条客。
为妓女拉客并管理一群妓女的人；皮条客。
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
为妓女拉客的人(英语称ponce)
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
The pimp waited outside the nightclub and watched the street.
那个皮条客在夜总会外面等着，看着街道。
Two pimps argued over who could control the area.
两个皮条客为谁控制那片区域而争吵。
She discovered that her neighbor was a pimp when the police arrived.
警察到达时，她发现她的邻居是个皮条客。
He was a pimp in the 1980s.
他二十世纪八十年代是个皮条客。
She discovered that her uncle worked as a pimp.
她发现她叔叔以做皮条客为生。
英式英语中有时用 ponce 表示“皮条客”，但 pimp 更为常见。
A pimp's car is often flashy and expensive.
皮条客的汽车通常花哨而昂贵。
Not this
He is pimp.
Use this
He is a pimp.
pimp 是单数可数名词，作表语时需要用冠词 a；中文“他是皮条客”没有冠词，所以容易漏掉 a。
Not this
They are pimp.
Use this
They are pimps.
主语是复数 they 时，名词也应用复数形式；pimp 的复数加 -s，不能说 They are pimp。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被判有罪的皮条客
The convicted pimp was sentenced to ten years in prison.
这名被判有罪的皮条客被判处十年监禁。
涉嫌拉皮条的人
Police arrested the alleged pimp after the raid.
突袭后，警方逮捕了这名涉嫌拉皮条的人。
臭名昭著的皮条客
The notorious pimp controlled a large network of prostitutes.
这名臭名昭著的皮条客操控着一大群妓女。
不入流的皮条客
He was just a small-time pimp working the streets.
他不过是个在街头拉皮条的小角色。
当皮条客
He admitted that he used to work as a pimp.
他承认自己曾经当过皮条客。
强势手段，威慑力（字面：皮条客打人的手）
If the contractors give us any trouble, I'm not afraid to use my pimp hand.
如果那些承包商给我们找麻烦，我不怕使出我的强硬手段。
招摇的步伐，像皮条客那样大摇大摆地走路
After winning the championship, he did a pimp walk across the stage.
赢得冠军后，他得意洋洋地大步走过舞台。
皮条客的日子不好过。
This line is the chorus of Three 6 Mafia's Oscar-winning song from the 2005 film Hustle & Flow.
这是Three 6 Mafia为2005年电影《Hustle & Flow》创作并获奥斯卡奖的歌曲《It's Hard out Here for a Pimp》中的副歌。
无论从哪个意义上讲，我都是个皮条客。
A well-known line from Jay-Z's hit 'Big Pimpin''.
出自Jay-Z的热门歌曲《Big Pimpin'》。
Use pimp naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一个穿花哨皮衣的人站在街角招揽顾客——pimp开头'pi'像'皮'，他就是皮条客。
语域：informal 常见场景：街头俚语、电影/小说对话、非正式谈话 “pimp”作名词时通常指为妓女招揽客人并从中获利的人，多用于口语或非正式场合，带有贬义。正式或礼貌语境中不宜直呼某人为pimp。
这些词都与 pimp 押韵，均以 /ɪmp/ 结尾：limp, imp, chimp, wimp, blimp, gimp。注意拼写相似的 pimple (/ˈpɪmpəl/)、pipe (/paɪp/)、pump (/pʌmp/) 发音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.