pimp

• n. 皮条客；男妓
• vi. 拉皮条

词源不详，可能来自中古法语pimpant,聪明的，英俊的，后用于俚语拉皮条，皮条客，帅哥等。

1. someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce)

pimp (n.)

c. 1600, of unknown origin, perhaps from Middle French pimpant "alluring in dress, seductive," present participle of pimper "to dress elegantly" (16c.), from Old French pimpelorer, pipelorer "decorate, color, beautify." Weekley suggests Middle French pimpreneau, defined in Cotgrave [French-English Dictionary, 1611] as "a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell," but Liberman is against this.

Judging by such recorded meanings of pimp as 'helper in mines; servant in logging camps,' this word was originally applied to boys and servants. [Liberman]

The word also means "informer, stool pigeon" in Australia and New Zealand and in South Africa, where by early 1960s it existed in Swahili form impimpsi. Pimpmobile first recorded 1973 (six years before Popemobile).

PIMP. A male procurer, or cock bawd; also a small faggot used about London for lighting fires, named from introducing the fire to the coals. [Grose, "Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue," London, 1785]

pimp (v.)

1630s (intransitive) "to act as a pimp," from pimp (n.). Related: Pimped; pimping.

He stole, lied, deceived and pimped his way out of poverty.

他通过偷窃、撒谎、欺诈和拉皮条使自己摆脱了贫困。

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Are you my pimp now? You think you can pass me around to your friends?

怎么?现在你是我的皮条客了? 你认为你能把我传来传去给朋友?

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Esteban was a pimp and a friend of Bill's mother.

艾斯特邦是个淫媒,也是他母亲的朋友.

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I would be a pimp tonight after my client visits our factory.

客户参观完工厂后,晚上我还要给他拉皮条.

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Belinda : Don't tell me you've been watching " Pimp My Ride. "

贝琳达: 别告诉我你在看《爱车大改造 》 这个节目.

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Kimberly and Janet run into Rocco, a pimp talking on a cell phone.

金伯利和珍妮特在奔跑中碰到了罗科, 他是一个皮条客,正在讲电话.

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I'm sure that sounds great to you in your pimp world.

我肯定那个消息对你肮脏的你是件好事.

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Santino Corleone : Did you find out where that old pimp Tattaglia is hiding?

你查出那老男妓塔塔基利亚躲在哪儿没?

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At the same time, my guardian , the pimp, got incarcerated due to selling drugs.

与此同时, 我那位皮条客因贩毒而入狱.

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Angela: And you belong on the corner. Need a pimp?

安吉拉: 而你却属于街头需要我给你介绍个皮条客 吗 ?

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So this guy is like a Superfly cyber pimp?

这个家伙就像是个超级苍蝇型电脑皮条客?

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You got life for killing a pimp.

你被判无期是因为杀了一个拉皮条的.

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Do you remember that big pimp who played with her?

你还记得跟她在一起的那个男妓 吗 ?

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Yao's garage needs some pimp work. That does not look like belonging to a billionaire.

姚的车库需要做一些修缮工作. 这看起来并不象一个属于亿万富翁的车库.

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In the meantime, her pimp, a typical crime boss, soon discovers that he is the father.

这时, 皮条客也是黑帮老大发现孩子是自己的.

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I don't know no Pimp C , all I know is I'm rich.

我不认识PimpC, 我只知道我有钱.

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Slang To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute.

拉客,拉皮条:拉客. 用于拉皮条的人或妓女.

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The staff unfortunately also try to pimp whores to male guests.

这里的职员最不幸了,还得试图打发妓女一类的女客.

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The Boy sat down pimp.

那男孩扑通一声坐下.

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To solicit customers . Used of a pimp or prostitute.

他一辈子都以为男人拉皮条为生.

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A pimp was hanging onto my arm.

一位皮条客拉住我的胳膊.

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MM appears suddenly a word: Do you come to this in the evening everyday pimp?

MM忽然冒出一句话: 你天天晚上都到这来拉皮条 吗 ?

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I bet you anything you like he's a pimp.

我敢打包票，他是个皮条客。

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