| 单词 | clam |
| 释义 | Word Frequency clam 1(klæm) noun 1. any of various burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Mya, Venus, etc. Many species, such as the quahog and soft-shell clam, are edible and Tridacna gigas is the largest known bivalve, nearly 1.5 metres long 2. the edible flesh of such a mollusc 3. informal a reticent person verbWord forms: clams, clamming or clammed 4. (intransitive) mainly US to gather clams Word origin C16: from earlier clamshell, that is, shell that clamps; related to Old English clamm fetter, Old High German klamma constriction; see clamp1Word Frequency clam 2(klæm) verbWord forms: clams, clamming or clammed a variant of clem |
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