| 释义 |  noun |  verbclamclam1 /klæm/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYclam11Origin: 1500-1600 clam  two-part fastener  (14-20 centuries), from  Old English  clamm  chain, rope, etc. for tying something up; from the tight shutting of a clam shell  a shellfish that you can eat, which has a shell in two parts that open and close2as happy as a clam informal very happy3informal someone who does not say what he or she is thinking or feeling4[usually plural] old-fashioned informal a dollar noun |  verbclamclam2 verb (clammed, clamming) clam up phrasal verb informal to suddenly stop talking, especially when you are nervous, shy, or unhappy:  A lot of men just clam up when they’re having emotional problems.VERB TABLEclam |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | clam |  |  | he, she, it | clams |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | clammed |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have clammed |  |  | he, she, it | has clammed |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had clammed |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will clam |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have clammed | 
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 | Present | I | am clamming |  |  | he, she, it | is clamming |  |  | you, we, they | are clamming |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was clamming |  |  | you, we, they | were clamming |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been clamming |  |  | he, she, it | has been clamming |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been clamming |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be clamming |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been clamming | 
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