clam

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++clam1 /klæm/ noun [countable]  1  HBFa shellfish you can eat that has a shell in two parts that open up 蛤；蛤蜊；蚬 clam chowder (=a type of soup) 蛤蜊杂烩汤 →4  See picture of 见图 SEAFOOD →5 see picture at 见图 shellfish2. as happy as a clam HAPPY American English informal very happy 非常高兴的，相当满足的3. TALK TO somebody American English informal someone who does not say what they are thinking or feeling 沉默寡言的人

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clam• She wrapped herself around him like a clam in formation, her body one big muscle, straining.• Vinegar on a clam, that.• Thousands of fertilized sea urchin eggs, starfish and blue clams returned to Earth with the astronauts.• This shirt cost me fifty clams.• In particular, both corals and giant clams harbour unicellular algae which live within their body cells.• Supposedly you can be arrested and fined for taking any mussels or clams at all.• In your next life, I hope you are a sea clam.• Stir the clams into the sauce and heat for a further 1-2min until piping hot. 4.• The clams were mostly oil-drenched bread crumbs with a morsel of chopped clam buried at the bottom of the shell.clam2 verb (clammed, clamming)  1 clam up phrasal verb informalTALK TO somebody to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous or shy 〔尤指因紧张、害羞而〕突然闭口，突然沉默不语 A sensitive child is likely just to clam up. 敏感的孩子可能就会闭口不言。→ See Verb table

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clam• He'd noted that Howard had clammed up as the new arrival appeared.• Normally she would have clammed up at that juncture.• But he clammed up right after that.• No wonder he clammed up whenever I asked him about his childhood.• Both Noland and Hull showed the good taste to clam up while the Symington trial is still under way.• We had gone over his script over and over and he knew it cold, but he almost clammed up.Origin clam1 (1500-1600) clam “two-part fastener” ((14-20 centuries)), from Old English clamm “chain, rope, etc. for tying something up”; from the tight shutting of a clam shell

clam1 nounclam2 verbChinese  

that a can eat a shell Corpus you has shellfish

clam

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clam¹ /klæm/ noun [countable]
1. a shellfish you can eat that has a shell in two parts that open up:
    clam chowder (=a type of soup)
2. as happy as a clam American English informal very happy
3. American English informal someone who does not say what they are thinking or feeling

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clam² verb (past tense and past participle clammed, present participle clamming)
     
clam up phrasal verb
  informal to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous or shy:
    A sensitive child is likely just to clam up.