Vocab Bloom Hub

clam up

/klæm ʌp/

翻译: 指某人突然停止说话或拒绝开口,常因害羞、紧张或想隐瞒某事。

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词语关系

verb

/klæm ʌp/B2formal
  • zh指某人突然停止说话或拒绝开口,常因害羞、紧张或想隐瞒某事。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of becoming silent or refusing to speak, often due to shyness, nervousness, or secrecy.

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  1. Become silent or refuse to speakinformal

    To suddenly become quiet or refuse to talk, especially when nervous or secretive.

    zh缄口不言

    • When the police questioned him, he clammed up immediately.
    • She always clams up when asked about her past.
    • The witness clammed up during the cross-examination.

    同义词dry updummy upkeep mumpipe downshut up

    反义词chatterprattlespeaktalk

词形
  • clammed up past participle
  • clammed up past simple
  • clamming up present participle
  • clams up third person singular

基本动词clam

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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