clam up

clam up

美 　英

  • v.〈非正式〉一聲不吭；沉默不語；三緘其口
  • 網絡守口如瓶；不說話；拒不開口

詞形變化

第三人稱單數：clams up  現在分詞：clamming up  過去式：clammed up  

同義詞

英漢解釋

v.
1.
〈非正式〉一聲不吭; 沉默不語; 三緘其口

英英解釋

v.

例句

I don't understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class .

我不明白為什么我的學生在課間休息的時候都滔滔不絕，而課堂上倒沉默不語。

Every time they were used, the detainee would clam up as they were scared that anything they said would make that pressure increase.

每次使用它們時，受審者都保持沉默，好像他們害怕一旦說了什么，就會加重所受壓力。

The hit singles and No 1 album have, evidently, not made her clam up for fear of adverse publicity.

熱門單曲和專輯銷量第一也不能使她閉口不談對不當宣傳的擔心。

martha: When Joe and Lisa splitting in each other's throat, why did you clam up without speak up for Lisa?

瑪莎：當喬和麗莎正扯著喉嚨吵架時，為什么你要保持沉默而不開口為麗莎說話？

clam up for no reason , huh ? - we ' ll see.

沒理由不開口的，哦？-我們等著看吧。

Whenever John walked by, Mary got so nervous she would just clam up.

每當約翰走過時，瑪麗總是緊張得說不出話來。

It started off well, but he seemed to clam up towards the end.

剛開始很，但是最后他似乎有些沉默。

Don't clam up on me. What happened?

別不說話，發生什么了？

I don't mean to pry, so there's no. need to clam up on me.

我并不想要探聽什么，因此你不必對我守口如瓶。

You can't talk with those peasants. They can clam up as well as the Foreign Office.

你不能跟那些農民談話。他們象外交部一樣，可能一點口氣也不漏。

This is why, when under the pressure of problems or stress, a man will clam up and stop talking.

所以說，遇到難題或緊張壓力時，男人會緘默不語。

But if users realise how their data are used, they may clam up.

但是，一旦用戶意識到他們的數據是怎樣被使用的，他們可能就會緘口不言了。

They are afraid he's going to clam up on them.

他們擔心他將對他們守口如瓶。

Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.

別到故事正有趣時就不講了。

You can't clam up. And you don't want to stutter and stammer.

你不想一聲不吭，也不想結結巴巴。

You're not gonna clam up until I explain this, are you?

我不解釋，你是不是就不打算閉嘴拉？

I don't understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in the class

我不明白為什么我的學生們在休息時候很健談，一到上課就很沉默

My insides crawl and I clam up

我和我的內里爬起來蛤、

And I clam up, I just slam shut

我拒不開口，緊閉我的嘴