英语词源
- clam-shell (n.)
- c. 1500; see clam (n.) + shell (n.). As "hinged iron box or bucket used in dredging," from 1877.
权威例句
- 1. The barnacle and the clam are two examples of filter feeders.
- 藤壶和蛤类是滤过觅食者的两种例子.
- 2. It'started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.
- 刚开始很, 但是最后他似乎有些沉默.
- 3. The movie star is a clam about her age.
- 这影星对她的年龄守口如瓶.
- 4. Everybody shuts up like a clam as soon as you mention it.
- 你一提及此事,大家便都闭口不言.
- 5. He is now as happy as a clam.
- 他现在相当满足.