Word · Frequency #22331
pimp
皮条客；拉皮条的人
a person who finds customers for prostitutes and manages them, taking a share of their earnings
- 1.
Someone who solicits customers for prostitution and acts as manager for a group of prostitutes; a pander.
为妓女拉客并管理一群妓女的人；皮条客。
- 2.
someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)
为妓女拉客的人(英语称ponce)
为妓女拉客并管理一群妓女的人；皮条客。；为妓女拉客的人(英语称ponce)；皮条客；男妓；恶棍
In use
The pimp waited outside the nightclub and watched the street.
Two pimps argued over who could control the area.
She discovered that her neighbor was a pimp when the police arrived.
a pimp
He was a pimp in the 1980s.
他二十世纪八十年代是个皮条客。
work as a pimp
She discovered that her uncle worked as a pimp.
她发现她叔叔以做皮条客为生。
a pimp's [noun]
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.
Connections
Collocations
- convicted pimp
- 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。
- alleged pimp
- 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。
- notorious pimp
- 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。
- small-time pimp
- 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。
- work as a pimp
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.