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单词 clambake
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clambaken.

Brit. /ˈklambeɪk/, U.S. /ˈklæmˌbeɪk/
Forms: Also clam bake, clam-bake.
Etymology: clam n.2 Compounds 1.
U.S.
a. A baking, Indian-fashion, upon hot stones, of a mass of clams (often overlaid with layers of potatoes, Indian corn, fish, etc.); a favourite feature of pic-nic excursions to the sea-shore in U.S.; hence applied to the pic-nic party itself.
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun] > shell-fish or crustacean dishes
musculadea1475
oyster loaf1747
clambake1835
lobster Newburg1914
tempura1920
moules marinière1928
scampi1930
lobster thermidor1933
shrimp cocktail1937
étouffée1958
chao tom1969
vongole1977
stuffie1980
the world > food and drink > food > meal > picnic or packed meal > [noun] > clam-bake or fish-fry
squantum1812
fish-fry1824
bake1835
clambake1835
1835 Gentleman's Vade Mecum (Philadelphia) 5 Sept. 2/1 A Clam Bake—Our curiousity [sic] has been gratified, as to the nature of the festival understood by this term.
1848–60 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Clam-bake. At a grand political mass-meeting in favour of Gen. Harrison on the 4th of July 1840, nearly 10,000 persons assembled in Rhode Island, for whom a clam-bake and chowder were prepared.
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Sept. 12/1 At a recent..festival in Connecticut a gigantic clambake was cooked which was 25 ft. long and 10 ft. wide, and consisted of 2,000 ears of corn, 600 pounds of lobster, 600 pounds of fish, 1,000 chickens, innumerable oysters and clams, two barrels of sweet potatoes and two of the ordinary kind, and the whole topped off with two immense plum puddings and 150 water melons.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 June 5/2 A clam bake is an institution indigenous to this soil. Long before Puritans..found out its savour, the red man..indulged in clam bakes.
1945 W. H. Auden Coll. Poetry 134 That caged rebuked question Occasionally let out at clambakes or College reunions.
1962 Times 6 Apr. 7/1 Dig razor clams for an outdoor clambake.
b. transferred. Applied to other gatherings, esp. one that is loud or lively; an enjoyable time; spec. in Jazz, a jam-session.
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society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > lively or rowdy
racket1745
rooty-toot1852
razoo1864
shindig1871
ram sammy1891
whoopee1909
ding-dong1936
clambake1937
knees-up1939
rave1960
rave-up1967
bashment1996
society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > musical session
session1927
jam1929
jam session1929
clambake1937
skiffle1946
bash1949
blow1962
open mike1978
1937 Amer. Speech 12 46/1 Clambake, same as jam session.
1938 Manch. Guardian Weekly 2 Sept. 188/3 Swing musicians..blaze away at a real ‘clambake’ (free-style swing playing).
1945 Chicago Daily News 31 Mar. 4/1 The big United Nations clambake at San Francisco will be operated like a hod-carriers' convention.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues viii. 131 Life was going to be one long clambake.
1952 B. Ulanov Hist. Jazz in Amer. xvii. 206 The Dixie outfit he called the Clambake Seven—in cheerful adoption of the term used by jazz musicians both in annoyed disparagement of a poor jam session and in warm approbation of a good one.
c. An inadequate or unsuccessful broadcast programme. slang.
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society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of
news bulletin1857
news summary1875
police message1886
newsflash1904
headline1908
play-by-play1909
feature1913
spot ad1916
magazine1921
news1923
time signal1923
outside broadcast1924
radiocast1924
amateur hour1925
bulletin1925
serial1926
commentary1927
rebroadcast1927
school broadcast1927
feature programme1928
trailer1928
hour1930
schools broadcast1930
show1930
spot advertisement1930
spot announcement1930
sustaining1931
flash1934
newscast1934
commercial1935
clambake1937
remote1937
repeat1937
snap1937
soap opera1939
sportcast1939
spot commercial1939
daytimer1940
magazine programme1941
season1942
soap1943
soaper1946
parade1947
public service announcement1948
simulcasting1949
breakfast-time television1952
call-in1952
talkathon1952
game show1953
kidvid1955
roundup1958
telenovela1961
opt-out1962
miniseries1963
simulcast1964
soapie1964
party political1966
novela1968
phone-in1968
sudser1968
schools programme1971
talk-in1971
God slot1972
roadshow1973
trail1973
drama-doc1977
informercial1980
infotainment1980
infomercial1981
kideo1983
talk-back1984
indie1988
omnibus1988
teleserye2000
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1937 in Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 12 Dec. §4, 14.
1941 Word Study May 2/2 The possibility that two or three commentators..will talk simultaneously and confuse the radio audience. This is what we mean by a ‘clam bake’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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