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.
实用例句
1. I bet you anything you like he's a pimp.
我敢打包票，他是个皮条客。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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.
来自电影对白
3. 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.
来自电影对白
4. 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?
来自电影对白
5. Do you remember that big pimp who played with her?
