英语词汇“ham”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

hamham1 /hæm/ ●●● S3 noun

ETYMOLOGYham¹

Origin: (2) 1800-1900 ham-fatter bad actor (19-20 centuries), from the song “The Ham-fat Man”.

1[countable, uncountable] the upper part of a pig’s leg used as meat and preserved with salt or smoke: a ham sandwich We bought two small hams for dinner.2[countable] informal an actor who performs with too much false emotion3[countable] someone who receives and sends radio messages for fun [Origin: (2) 1800–1900 ham-fatter bad actor (19–20 centuries), from the song “The Ham-fat Man”.]

noun | verb

hamham2 verb (hammed, hamming)

VERB TABLE

ham

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ham
	he, she, it	hams
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	hammed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have hammed
	he, she, it	has hammed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had hammed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ham
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have hammed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am hamming
	he, she, it	is hamming
	you, we, they	are hamming
Past	I, he, she, it	was hamming
	you, we, they	were hamming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been hamming
	he, she, it	has been hamming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been hamming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be hamming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been hamming

ham it up informal to perform or behave with too much false emotion, especially in order to be funny: Dad put on his Santa suit and hammed it up for the kids.