[N-VAR 可变名词]火腿Ham is meat from the top of the back leg of a pig, specially treated so that it can be kept for a long period of time.
...a huge baked ham.
巨大的烤火腿
...ham sandwiches.
火腿三明治
...a dozen slices of ham.
12片火腿
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]无线电爱好者;“火腿” A ham is a person whose hobby consists of using special radio equipment to talk to other people with the same hobby, often people who are in other countries.
I became a ham radio operator at the age of eleven.
我在11岁时成了一名业余无线电操作员。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]蹩脚演员;表演过火的演员 A ham actor is someone who acts badly, exaggerating every emotion and gesture.
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[PHRASE 短语](常指演员故意地)表演过火,夸张做作 If actors or actresses ham it up, they exaggerate every emotion and gesture when they are acting, often deliberately because they think that the audience will be more amused.
[V inflects]
Thrusting themselves into the spirit of the farce, they ham it up like mad.
他们全力投入到这部闹剧中去,极尽搞怪之能事。
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ham/hæm; NAmEhæm/
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hamhamshammedhammingnoun1[countable , uncountable ]the top part of a pig's leg that has been cured(= preserved using salt or smoke) and is eaten as food; the meat from this 火腿;火腿肉◆The hams were cooked whole.这些火腿是整条烹制的。◆a slice of ham一片火腿◆a ham sandwich火腿三明治☞compare
bacon
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gammon
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pork
2[countable ]a person who sends and receives radio messages as a hobby rather than as a job 无线电通讯爱好者◆a radio ham无线电通讯爱好者3[countable ]( informal) ( often used as an adjective 常用作形容词) an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions 拙劣演员(尤指表演过火者)◆a ham actor表演过火的演员4[countable , usually plural ]( informal) the back part of a person's leg above the knee (人的)大腿后部☞see also
hamstring
verb(-mm-)IDIOMˌham it ˈup( informal) (especially of actors 尤指演员)when people ham it up,they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements 有意夸张表情(或动作);表演过火ham/hæm; NAmEhæm/
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ham1 noun
ham2 verb
hamham1 /hæm/ ●●●S3 noun
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1[countable, uncountable] the upper part of a pig’s leg, or the meat from this that has been preserved with salt or smoke → gammon: a ham sandwich a seven-pound ham2[countable] someone who receives and sends radio messages for fun rather than as their job3[countable] informal an actor who performs with too much false emotion
ham1 noun
ham2 verb
hamham2 verb (past tense and past participle hammed, present participle hamming)
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ham it up informal to perform with too much false emotion when acting
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