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

• After giving your price, clam up.
  给了你的价格之后，便要一言不发。
• She always presents a clam smiling face.
  她总是展现出平和的微笑。
• Oh, really? Give me a clam soup.
  哦，真的吗？给我一个蛤蜊汤。
• 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。
• Scientists set up a glass box with water and beads and stuck a living razor clam inside.
  科学家们设计了一个玻璃盒子，盒子里面装有水和沙粒，然后把一只活的剃刀蛤蚌放在里面。
• Today we have chicken noodle, tomato and clam chowder.
  女招待：今天有鸡面、蕃茄、杂烩汤。
• Poached River Shrimp, Poached Crab Claw, Sea Scallop and Clam.
  水煮河虾，水煮蟹爪，扇贝和蛤哩。
• He made a clam chowder for dinner.
  他为晚饭做了一道蛤蜊。
• I tried to stop the bleeding with some tissues. I stayed clam and frighteningly pleasure.
  我试图用些纸巾止血，并保持着冷静和令人惊悚的愉悦。
• Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.
  别到故事正有趣时就不讲了。