clam

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n. 蛤, 沉默寡言的人 vi. 捞蛤

发音

US /klæm/

词形变化

clams 复数 clams 三单 clamming 现在分词 clammed 过去式 clammed 过去分词 clammer 比较级 clammest clammest 最高级

别名

clem

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

  2. 2.

    A type of strong pincers or forceps.

    历史 复数形式
  3. 3.

    A kind of vise, usually of wood.

  4. 4.

    A dollar.

    美国 俚语

    Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!

  5. 5.

    A vagina or vulva.

    俚语 粗俗
  6. 6.

    A wrong or misplaced note.

    俚语 音乐
  7. 7.

    One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.

    非正式
  8. 8.

    mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)

    美国 过时 俚语
  9. 9.

    A Scientologist.

    贬义 俚语
  10. 1.

    A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.

  11. 1.

    clamminess; moisture

  12. 1.

    Alternative form of CLAM.

    体育
v.
  1. 1.

    To dig for clams.

  2. 1.

    To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.

  3. 1.

    To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.

  4. 2.

    To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.

  5. 1.

    Alternative form of clem (“to starve”).

adj.
  1. 1.

    Clammy.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

dollar buck dollar bill

上位词 10

bill note shellfish banknote bank bill banker's bill bivalve Federal Reserve note government note greenback

下位词 10

steamer quahog hard-shell clam quahaug round clam geoduck giant clam hard clam jackknife clam knife-handle
动词

上位词 4

collect gather garner pull together

相关短语

clam up 拒不开口 clam bake clam shrimp clam shrimps clam worm 沙蚕; 蛤虫 clam worms clam shack clam shacks clam chowder 传统文蛤周打汤 clam chowders clam smacker clam cake clam smackers clam cakes clam bakes

词源

From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”). The sense “dollar” may allude to wampum. The sense "Scientologist" alludes to the Scientologist belief that human thetans (souls) previously inhabited clams.

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