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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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

• An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe.
  可食用的蛤蜊，其壳薄而呈卵形，产于美国和欧洲的海滨地区。
• 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。
• She always presents a clam smiling face.
  她总是展现出平和的微笑。
• An edible American clam.
  一种可食用的美洲蛤蜊。
• 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。
• A smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel.
  在蛤或者牡蛎的壳里的圆滑的有光泽的结构；其价值相当于宝石。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。