clem

FREQ #16323

发音

AU /klɛm/

词形变化

clems 复数 clems clems 三单 clemming 现在分词 clemmed 过去式 clemmed 过去分词

别名

clam

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brick or stone.

    俚语
  2. 2.

    One stone (unit of mass).

    俚语
  3. 3.

    A testicle.

    俚语 粗俗
v.
  1. 1.

    To be hungry; starve.

    英国 方言 不及物 及物
  2. 1.

    Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”).

词源

From Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, equivalent to cloam. Similar linguistic development led to the Northumbrian pronunciation of hyem, equivalent to the RP home.

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