pimp

• n. 皮條客；男妓
• vi. 拉皮條

詞源不詳，可能來自中古法語pimpant,聰明的，英俊的，後用於俚語拉皮條，皮條客，帥哥等。

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.

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

我敢打包票，他是個皮條客。

來自柯林斯例句

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

艾斯特邦是個淫媒,也是他母親的朋友.

來自電影對白

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

我肯定那個消息對你肮髒的你是件好事.

來自電影對白

4. So this guy is like a Superfly cyber pimp?

這個家夥就像是個超級蒼蠅型電腦皮條客?

來自電影對白

5. Do you remember that big pimp who played with her?

你還記得跟她在一起的那個男妓 嗎 ?

來自電影對白