音标:[klæm] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 蛤, 沉默寡言的人
vi. 捞蛤
n. burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
n. flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams
v. gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean
词型变化:名词复数形式 : clams ; 过去式 : clammed ; 第三人称单数 : clams ; 过去分词 : clammed ; 现在分词 : clamming
考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
名词78%
动词22%

clam的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. Yup! I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers.对呀!我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。
  2. Everybody shut up like a clam as soon as you mention it.你一提及此事,大家便都闭口不言
  3. He is a clam about his business dealing.他对自己的生意买卖守口如瓶。
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. It started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.刚开始很,但是最后他似乎有些沉默。
  2. I used to clam up when the talk turned to politics or economics当话题转到政治或经济问题时,我常沉默不语。

词汇搭配

  • clam up拒不开口
  • as happy as a clam非常幸福
  • happy as a clam非常快活
  • razor clam竹蛏
  • round clamquahog
  • surf clam蛤蜊
  • clam bed养蛤埕
  • clam meat蛤肉
  • bull clam铲运车
  • giant clam大砗
  • clam meal蛤粉
  • clam fork蛤叉
  • clam chowder蛤肉羹
  • clam rake蛤耙
  • clam dredge采蛤器
  • bloody clam蚶
  • clam shell蛤壳,蛤壳式抓斗...
  • clam nectar蛤汁
  • soft-shell clam[动]沙海螂
【近义词】

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