Word · Frequency #22331
pimped
拉皮条
pimped is the past of pimp.
To act as a pimp; to arrange sexual partners for others, especially prostitutes.
- 1.
To act as a procurer of prostitutes; to pander.
充当妓女掮客；拉皮条。
- 2.
To prostitute someone.
使某人卖淫
- 3.
arrange for sexual partners for others
为他人安排性伴侣
使（某人）卖淫；充当妓女掮客；拉皮条。；使某人卖淫；为他人安排性伴侣；告密
In use
He pimped for local gang members before the police finally caught him.
The trial revealed that he had pimped three women over a period of five years.
She pimps for a small-time criminal and takes a cut from every client.
pimp (for sb)
此处 pimp 为不及物动词，for 后接被拉皮条的对象。
He made a living by pimping for several prostitutes.
他靠为几个妓女拉皮条谋生。
pimp sb out
这是及物短语动词，宾语是名词时可置于 out 前后；若宾语是代词，只能说 pimp them out。
They pimped the young women out to the sailors.
他们迫使那些年轻妇女向水手卖淫。
Verb forms
base pimp · third person pimps · -ing pimping · past pimped · past participle pimped
pimp 作动词指拉皮条、迫使卖淫，或为他人安排性伴侣，语气粗俗。
Connections
Collocations
- pimp someone out
- 迫使某人卖淫；利用某人做妓女
- The gang was accused of pimping out young women.该团伙被指控迫使年轻女性卖淫。
- pimp for someone
- 为某人拉皮条；替某人介绍嫖客
- He pimped for several women in the neighborhood.他在附近为几名妇女拉皮条。
- pimping and pandering
- 拉皮条和介绍卖淫
- She was charged with pimping and pandering.她被指控拉皮条和介绍卖淫。
Idioms & figurative uses
- pimp out
- 把…改装得花哨；使…变得更炫酷He decided to pimp out his old laptop with custom stickers and lighting.他决定给自己的旧笔记本电脑贴上定制贴纸并加装灯光，把它改装得十分炫酷。
- pimp up
- 把…装饰得更漂亮；精心打扮We pimped up the living room for the party with some cushions and fairy lights.为了开派对，我们用一些靠垫和彩灯把客厅精心布置了一番。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：pimp 的 pim 像中文“皮”（pi），拉皮条的“皮”；看到 pimp 就想到“拉皮条”这个动作。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、informal media、slang dictionaries 该义项属于俚语/非正式用语，通常带有贬义或冒犯性，多用于口语或非正式书面语；在正式场合宜使用更委婉的表达（如procure）。
Grammar Note
及物动词的宾语通常是人，指为某人拉皮条或强迫其卖淫；不及物动词则表示“拉皮条”这一行为。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 pimp 押韵：都以 /ɪmp/ 结尾（limp、blimp、chimp、shrimp、skimp、wimp）。注意不要被拼写误导：pimple 拼写相近，但读作 /ˈpɪmpəl/，不与 pimp 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.