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Clamp Middle N Device 钳紧 Clam Dutch German

单词 clamp
音标 [klæmp]
解释 n.钳子;v.钳紧
红宝书 【英】 n. 钳子 (a device for clasping things together);v. 钳紧 (to grip, fasten, or brace with a clamp)
【记】 和clam(蛤蛎)一起记( clamp the clam with a clamp,用钳子夹紧毛 蚶)
字源 clamp (n.)
device for fastening, c.1300, probably from clamb, perhaps originally past tense of climb (v.), or from Middle Dutch clampe (Dutch klamp), from West Germanic *klamp- "clamp, cleat;" cognate with Middle Low German klampe "clasp, hook," Old High German klampfer "clip, clamp;" also probably related to Middle Dutch klamme "a clamp, hook, grapple," Danish klamme "a clamp, cramp," Old English clamm "fetter;" see clam (n.).
clamp (v.)
"to fasten with a clamp," 1670s, from clamp (n.). Related: Clamped; clamping.
不择手段背单词 n. 钳子; v 钳紧 = grip = fasten
【例】Try to clamp these two blocks of wood together 试着把这两块木头夹在一起.
【记】clam(n 蛤蛎)作为词根: 夹紧-钳子
趣味全助记 【记】clam 蛤蜊 + p 音:啪,蛤蜊啪的一声钳紧它的两个壳
【相关】clap 拍手,clip 夹子,clamp 夹子,夹钳,clasp 紧握

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