clam up

clam up什么意思,clam up翻译

基本解释

v.: 〈非正式〉一声不吭；沉默不语；三缄其口
网络: 守口如瓶；不说话；拒不开口

英汉解释

• 〈非正式〉一声不吭; 沉默不语; 三缄其口

词性分析

• 第三人称单数：clams up

• 现在分词：clamming up

• 过去式：clammed up

同义词

v.stop talkingchokedry upwithhold informationshut up

例句

• I don"t understand why my students are quite talkative during the break but all clam up in class .

  我不明白为什么我的学生在课间休息的时候都滔滔不绝，而课堂上倒沉默不语。

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

  每次使用它们时，受审者都保持沉默，好像他们害怕一旦说了什么，就会加重所受压力。

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

  热门单曲和专辑销量第一也不能使她闭口不谈对不当宣传的担心。

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

  玛莎：当乔和丽莎正扯着喉咙吵架时，为什么你要保持沉默而不开口为丽莎说话？

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

  没理由不开口的，哦？-我们等着看吧。

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

  每当约翰走过时，玛丽总是紧张得说不出话来。

• 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。

• Don"t clam up on me. What happened?

  别不说话，发生什么了？

• I don"t mean to pry, so there"s no. need to clam up on me.

  我并不想要探听什么，因此你不必对我守口如瓶。

• You can"t talk with those peasants. They can clam up as well as the Foreign Office.

  你不能跟那些农民谈话。他们象外交部一样，可能一点口气也不漏。