put a crimp in

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, crimp, in.
  2. To spoil; to affect badly, preventing the usual or desired effect.
    — This put a crimp in my style, so I was determined we were going to find our own place faster than the timetable we'd set ourselves.

词形变化

puts a crimp in present,singular,third-person putting a crimp in participle,present put a crimp in participle,past put a crimp in past

词源

By analogy with putting a crimp in a pipe or hose, thereby slowing or stopping the flow of liquid through it.
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