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clams

/klam/US // klæm //UK // (klæm) //

蛤蜊,花蛤,蛤蛎,蛤仔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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. 1

    clammed, clam·ming.

    • : to gather or dig clams.
  1. 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

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.