clamming up
/klam/US // klæm //UK // (klæm) //
闭塞,闭塞的,蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of various bivalve mollusks, especially certain edible species.Compare quahog, soft-shell clam.
- : Informal. a secretive or silent person.
- : clamminess.
- : Slang. a dollar or the sum of a dollar: I only made 60 clams a week.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
clammed, clam·ming.
- : to gather or dig clams.
- 1
- : clam up, Slang. to refuse to talk or reply; refrain from talking or divulging information: The teacher asked who had thrown the eraser, but the class clammed up.
Phrases
- clam up
- happy as the day is long (as a clam)
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inclose
Synonyms
hidden隐藏的,隐蔽的,隐秘的,隐蔽private私营,私有,私立,私家retired已退休的,已退休,已经退休的,已经退休secluded僻静的,僻静,隐蔽的,幽静的buttoning up扣好纽扣,钮扣,钮扣扣好,扣上纽扣close-lipped闭口不谈,闭口不言,闭口不提,缄口不言closemouthed闭口不言,闭口不谈,闭口不提,闭口不谈的hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地mum's the word妈妈说了算,妈妈的话,妈妈说的话,妈妈说的on the q. t.关于Q。T。reticent沉默寡言,寡言少语,缄默不语,缄默secretive隐秘的,诡秘的,秘密的,隐蔽的silent无声无息,无声的,无声,沉默taciturn无声无息,沉默寡言,寡言少语,无声无息的tight chops紧密结合,严密的印章,严密封锁,严密封锁的渠道tight-lipped讳莫如深,闭口不谈,缄默不语,缄口不言uncommunicative沉默寡言,寡言少语,沉默不语,沉默寡言的人unforthcoming不容置疑的,不来的,不容置疑,不来zipping one's lips抿嘴一笑,抿嘴,抿嘴笑,抿嘴微笑
Antonyms
open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的public公共,公众,公开,公共的sociable善于交际的人,合群的,善于交际的,善于交际away离开了,离开,离开的时候,走了beyond超越,超过,超越了,超过了cool酷,冷却,酷酷的,清凉detached独立的,独立,独立式,独立式的dry干,干燥的,干燥,干式far远,遥远的,遥远,远的faraway遥远的,远方,遥远的地方,远方的人generous慷慨的,慷慨大方,慷慨,慷慨解囊giving给予,赋予,赠送,捐赠imprecise不精确的,不精确,不准确的,不准确inaccurate不准确的,不准确,不精确的,不确切的loose松散的,松散,松动,松脱unfriendly不友好,不友好的,不友善的,不友善unreserved无保留,无保留的,未保留的,无保留地
as inquiet
Synonyms
allay缓解,安抚,缓和,劝说appease抚慰,绥靖,安抚,姑息assuage抚慰,劝慰,抚平,安抚hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘mollify劝解,劝慰,抚慰,劝说muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上pacify安抚,抚平,平定,抚慰please请,请你,请注意,请您relax放松,松弛,放轻松,放松心情satisfy满足,符合,满意,满足了soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来soothe抚慰,安抚,舒缓,劝慰squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服ameliorate缓和,改善,缓解,缓和气氛becalm贝卡姆,贝卡勒姆,贝卡choke窒息,卡住,噎住,噎住了compose构成,组成,构成了,撰写console操作台,控制台,慰藉,慰问gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号gratify欣慰,满足,赏心悦目,欣喜若狂ice冰,结冰,制冰,冰冰inactivate灭活,消灭,灭亡,失效lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的palliate缓和,缓和一下,缓解,姑息quieten平息,平抚,安抚,平息下来reconcile调解,调停,和解,调和settle解决,结算,解决问题,安家落户shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声silence沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的smooth顺利,顺畅,畅通,平滑soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏square正方形,正方形的,正方,正直squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧stroke行程,抚摸,中风,抚摩tranquilize安抚,宁神,安定,安定化button one's lip嘴角上扬,嘴上说说,嘴上说说而已,嘴上不说calm down冷静下来,平静下来,淡定,镇定下来can it能否,能不能,可以,它可以clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cool out冷静下来,冷静,冷静下来的,清凉剂dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人fix up整理,修整,修理,修理好hold it down按住它,压住它,按住,按住不放patch things up修补,打补丁,补过,补缀shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴take the bite out of咬牙切齿,咬咬牙,咬牙切齿的,咬紧牙关
Antonyms
agitate搅拌,鼓动,搅拌器,煽动anger愤怒,怒气,怒,愤慨annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事depress压抑,沮丧,沮丧的,压抑的incite煽动,鼓动,挑动,挑起irritate刺激性,刺激,恼人的,烦人provoke挑动,挑衅,挑起,撩拨release释放,发布,发行,发布会trouble麻烦,麻烦的事,烦恼,困难upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的worry担心,忧虑,担忧,烦恼aggravate加重,恶化,变本加厉,变本加厉地disagree不同意,不认同,不赞同,不赞成disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰excite激动人心,使人兴奋,激动人心的,激动move行动,移动,举措,搬迁turn up转身,翻身,出现,转变
as insilence
Synonyms
cut off截断,切断,斩断,断gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静quieten平息,平抚,安抚,平息下来shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂quiet down安静下来,静下来,平静下来,平息下来say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清
as instifle
Synonyms
curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑silence沉默,缄默,肃静,沉默寡言smother窒息,扼杀,封杀,闷死squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑strangle掐死,扼杀,绞杀,掐死你suffocate窒息,窒息而死,噎死,窒息而亡suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制asphyxiate窒息,窒息而死,窒息性,窒息而亡burke伯克,布克,布尔克,布雷克check检查,检查一下choke窒息,卡住,噎住,噎住了constipate便秘,大便秘结,便秘者,便秘的cork软木,软木塞,科克,木塞extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财spike尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣squash壁球,压扁,压扁机,压碎stagnate停滞不前,停滞,停滞不前的stop停止,停下来,停,停住stultify僵化,窒息,停滞不前,僵化的torpedo鱼雷,水雷,舰艇,舰艇导弹trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁black out晕倒,昏昏沉沉,昏昏欲睡,昏迷不醒bring to screeching halt戛然而止,戛然停止,戛然止步,嘎然而止choke back窒息而死,噎住了,窒息而亡,窒息而退clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提clamp down钳制,钳压,钳住,钳制下来cover up掩饰,遮掩,掩盖,隐瞒crack down严厉打击,严打,严厉制裁,打击dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯hold it down按住它,压住它,按住,按住不放hush up闭口不言,闭上嘴巴,闭口不谈,嘘嘘put the lid on盖上盖子,盖上锅盖,盖好盖子,盖上盖头shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里
as inwithhold
Synonyms
conceal掩盖,掩饰,隐瞒,隐蔽deduct扣除,扣减,克扣,扣除费用deny否定,否认,拒绝,拒绝承认detain扣留,羁押,拘留,拘押hide隐藏,隐藏起来,隐蔽keep保持,保持保持refuse拒绝,拒收,拒绝接受,拒不接受resist抵制,抗拒,抗争,抵抗retain保留,保持,留住,保留了suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制abstain弃权,投弃权票,弃权票,弃权者bridle辔头,缰绳,笼头,辔头的check检查,检查一下constrain约束力,约束,拘束,限制curb路边,遏止,路边的,马路牙子disallow不允许,不容许,不允许使用,不允许有hold持有,举行,保持,持有的inhibit抑制,阻止,禁止,压制kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉refrain克制,克制一下,克制住,反复强调repress压迫,压制,镇压,压抑reserve储备,预留,保留,储备金restrain克制,拘束,限制,抑制spike尖顶,尖峰,尖峰时刻,尖锐湿疣clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold back扣留,拖后腿,抵制,扣留住hold down按住,按住不放,按着,压住hold out坚守,坚持,坚持不懈,撑住hold out on坚守,隐瞒,坚持,隐忍不发keep secret保守秘密,秘而不宣,保密,隐瞒keep to oneself隐身,独来独往,隐忍不发,隐忍keep under one's hat瞒天过海,荫庇,荫蔽,严守秘密keep under wraps遮遮掩掩,隐蔽性,遮遮掩掩的,隐蔽性强sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里stop oneself反躬自省,反躬自问,扪心自问,反省自己
Antonyms
allow允许,容许,让,准许disclose披露,公开,揭露,透露divulge泄露,透露,泄露出去,泄露信息expose揭发,揭露,暴露,揭穿free免费的,免费,自由的,自由go along顺着,顺着走,沿着,顺势而为grant授予,补助金,资助,赠与lay bare暴露无遗,暴露出来,袒露let go放手,松手,放手吧,放开let out放出,放出来,放出声来,放出消息open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的release释放,发布,发行,发布会reveal揭示,揭露,显露,揭示的show显示,展示,显示出,表明tell告知,讲述,告诫,告知对方uncover揭秘,揭穿,揭发,揭开aid援助assist帮助,协助,辅助,辅佐help帮助,帮忙,帮忙的,帮助的indulge纵容,放任自流,放纵,放纵自己liberate解放,解脱,释放,解救permit许可证,允许,许可,准许use使用,用,运用,利用
as inbutton one's lip
as inquieten
Synonyms
clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut off截断,切断,斩断,断cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂quiet down安静下来,静下来,平静下来,平息下来say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清
as inshush
Synonyms
clam蛤蜊,蛤蛤,蛤,蛤蛎dampen沾湿,沾沾自喜,沾湿了,润湿deaden死气沉沉,死亡,死气沉沉的,死人dull枯燥乏味,枯燥无味,枯燥的,沉闷的extinguish熄灭,扑灭,灭绝,灭亡gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号hush嘘嘘,嘘寒问暖,嘘嘘声,嘘lull忽悠,冷清,忽冷忽热,冷淡muffle闷棍,闷响,闷闷不乐,闷声发大财mute静音,哑巴,缄默,静默muzzle枪口,炮口,钳制,枪口上overawe凌厉,凌辱,凌迟,凌驾quash驳斥,撤销,驳回,拒绝quell熄灭,平息,遏止,平息下来quiet安静,安静的,宁静,静shush嘘嘘,嘘声,嘘,嘘嘘声soft-pedal软脚板,软式踏板,软踏板,软脚踏squelch静音,静噪,压制,压抑stifle窒息,压制,扼杀,窒息而死still仍然,仍然是,依然,仍旧subdue制服,镇住了,收服,征服suppress镇压,打压,压制,抑制tongue-tie结舌,舌头打结,舌吻,结舌的choke off窒息,掐断,掐死,窒息而死clam up闭口不言,闭口不谈,蜷缩,闭口不提close up闭合,关闭,近距离,封闭cool it冷却它,凉拌,冷静,冷静下来cut off截断,切断,斩断,断cut short缩短,缩短了,缩减,缩短时间decrease the volume降低音量,减小音量,减少音量,减轻音量dry up干涸,涸泽而渔,阴干,干枯dumb哑巴,愚蠢的,笨拙的,哑口无言dummy up假的了,假人了,假货,假人hold one's tongue住嘴,管住嘴,住口,管住自己的嘴hush one's mouth咽口水,唫,肃静,啧啧称奇hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地keep it down抑扬顿挫,缄默不语,缄默不言,抑止pipe down喉管下移,喉管下沉,喉管向下,喉管下垂quiet down安静下来,静下来,平静下来,平息下来say nothing什么也不说,无话可说,不言而喻,什么都不说shut up闭上嘴巴,住口,收声,闭上嘴sit on坐于,坐下来,坐拥,坐在这里strike dumb傻眼了,傻傻分不清楚,傻子,傻傻分不清
Examples
Executives from Toshiba and Mitsubishi helped crowd the dining room, which claimed 18-foot ceilings, a robota grill and a glassed-in fish room, a cool pantry for the oysters, clams, live scallops and sea urchins that populated his menus.
The bite-size morsel inside the shell is succulent and tender — no rubber-band chewiness like with a clam.
In sandy tidewater areas, people wade along and feel clams on the bottom with their feet, then scoop them up and stow them in a mesh bag tied to their waist or suspended in a small floating tube.
Most coastal states list where clams and mussels can be safely harvested, and those areas are subject to change.
Akin to San Francisco’s signature cioppino, it’s an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to seafood, with squidi, shrimp, clams, mussels and fish all thrown together into one delicious dish.
You see this a lot when individuals who are accused of something decide to clam up, often under the advice of their attorney.
Back in California, Zach finds that people from whom he might learn about the bombing either die, disappear, or clam up.
All of which makes me wonder why Lindsey Graham and his cohort were so afraid the guy would clam up.
Then I thought the non-celebrities would clam up because the cameras would make them nervous.
“The Clam Castle was crowded with taxpayers,” Pete says in typical fashion.
The recovery of the oyster, clam and other edible shell-fish is also a feature of the work which the Lake Company has in view.
Its shores were long stretches of mud-flats, corrugated everywhere with thousands of clam-holes.
Then I saw that the two halves of the clam-shell bucket were slightly open, just wide enough to let me squeeze in.
Down fell that pretty innocent, as falls a snow-white lamb; Her hair drooped round her pallid cheeks, like sea-weed on a clam.
"It's your kind of clam chowder, too," said Mrs. Hills, shaking her head.
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