| 英语单词 | clam |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [klæm] 美 [klæm] |
| 中文释义 | n.蛤；沉默寡言的人 vi.保持沉默；挖蚌 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Yup! I also like clam soup and sea cucumbers. (2) Everybody shut up like a clam as soon as you mention it. (3) He is a clam about his business dealing. (4) It started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end. (5) I used to clam up when the talk turned to politics or economics |
| 中文例句 | (1) 对呀！我还喜欢蛤仔汤和海参。 (2) 你一提及此事，大家便都闭口不言 (3) 他对自己的生意买卖守口如瓶。 (4) 刚开始很，但是最后他似乎有些沉默。 (5) 当话题转到政治或经济问题时，我常沉默不语。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A clam is a marine animal with two shells that eats by straining food from water, sand, or mud. You can sometimes find clams by digging in the sand close to the seashore. |
| vocabulary扩展 | The largest clams are used for food by humans, including the scallop, a particularly big form of clam. When you order soup in New England, it's not unlikely that it will be clam chowder, a creamy, thick stew with potatoes and pieces of clam. When clam is a verb, it means "to dig clams on the beach," and if your friend offers to pay you 1000 clams for your old car, she means "dollars." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]蛤；蚌；蛤蜊 Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
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