clam

英 [klæm]

美 [klæm]

n.  蛤; 蛤蜊; 蚌
v.  （在沙滩上）挖蛤; 保持沉默，闭嘴不言; 嘴紧

复数：clams　过去式：clammed　第三人称单数：clams　过去分词：clammed　现在分词：clamming　

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Collins.1 / BNC.22938 / COCA.10109

短语动词

短语用例

clam up (on sb)

• （尤指被询问时）拒不开口，闭口不言
  to refuse to speak, especially when sb asks you about sth
  1. clam chowder/soup
     蛤蜊杂烩汤；蛤蜊汤

牛津词典

noun

• 蛤；蛤蜊；蚌
  a shellfish that can be eaten. It has a shell in two parts that can open and close.
  1. clam chowder/soup
     蛤蜊杂烩汤；蛤蜊汤

verb

verb

柯林斯词典

• 蛤；蚌；蛤蜊
  Clamsare a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.

英英释义

noun

• burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
• flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
• a piece of paper money worth one dollar
  Synonym:dollardollar billone dollar billbuck

verb

• gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

双语例句

• This is not a old man club, this is a digging clam club.
  这可不是老男人俱乐部，这是挖蚌俱乐部。
• I feel a lot of clam now than before the flight.
  现在我的心情比飞行前平静多了。
• This is my first clam, but I crack it with my utility shavle.
  这就是我的第一个象拔蚌，但是我用小铲子将它弄破了。
• I special enjoy myself in painting class, it really made me happy, clam and absorbed.
  我特别喜欢画画课，它让我真正的开心、平静和专注。
• The boys were having a great time preparing their own dinner, Clam Chowders and French bread.
  男孩子们在准备他们的晚餐，蛤蜊海鲜杂烩浓汤和法国面包中，度过美好时光。
• Oh, really? Give me a clam soup.
  哦，真的吗？给我一个蛤蜊汤。
• Seeds of economic crops& Oil crops The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.
  GB4407.2-1996经济作物种子油料类藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。
• After giving your price, clam up.
  给了你的价格之后，便要一言不发。
• Shrimp, octopus, clam, cuttlefish and crabmeat cooked with tomato sauce and Black Forest apple tea.
  虾仁、章鱼、蛤、花枝、蟹肉，佐茄汁与黑森林苹果茶。
• Hey, clam up, will you? I've heard enough already about how hard you work!
  你别说了，行不行？我已经听够了你说自己工作多卖力的话了！