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hammy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ham·my /ˈhæmi/ adjective  if a performance by an actor is hammy, it is done with too much false emotion 〔表演〕夸张的,过火的
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hammyThere is some hammy acting, but the film gives an interesting insight into the gangster scene of the Sixties.The film, although hammy in places, will certainly stimulate interest in engineering among school leavers.Now, in the television ads, he cheerfully delivered some hammy lines before falling backwards into a swimming pool.Christopher Plummer is great too as a hammy, Shakespeare-spouting Klingon warlord.
ham·my adjectiveChineseSyllable
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hammy
hammy /ˈhæmi/ adjective
if a performance by an actor is hammy, it is done with too much false emotion


hammyBrE /ˈhæmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈhæmi/ 🔊 adjective (ham·mier, ham·mi·est) (informal) (of a style of acting 演出风格) artificial or exaggerated 做作的;过火的