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

• He made a clam chowder for dinner.
  他为晚饭做了一道蛤蜊。
• 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。
• Determination of Trace Elements in Oyster, Razor clam and Manila clams
  牡蛎、缢蛏和菲律宾蛤仔中微量元素的分析研究
• I am here, nothing can harm you, my words will warm and clam you.
  我在这里，没有什么能够伤害你，我的话语将温暖并安慰你。
• 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。
• If they add artificial intelligence, we can find out if the device is happy as a clam.
  如果科学家给这个“蛤蚌自动仪”加入人工智能的话，我们就会发现这个“蛤蚌自动仪”是否也会高兴万分了。
• The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.
  藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子。
• I totally lost myself into digging clam, I didn't pay much attention to the water.
  我彻底投入到挖蚌中了，没有多注意涨潮上来的水。
• Today we have chicken noodle, tomato and clam chowder.
  女招待：今天有鸡面、蕃茄、杂烩汤。
• Although I don't know him, I like to thank him everytime when we go digging clam later.
  尽管我不认识他，我想我会在以后每次挖蚌的时候感谢他的。