英语词汇“ham”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ham

(hăm)

1. The thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especially a hog.

2. A cut of meat from the thigh of a hog, often cured by salting or smoking.

3. The back of the knee.

4. The back of the thigh.

5. hams The buttocks.

6. A performer who overacts or exaggerates.

7. A licensed amateur radio operator.

v. hammed, ham·ming, hams

v.intr.

To exaggerate or overdo a dramatic role; overact.

v.tr.

To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example).

Idiom:

ham it up

To act or perform in an exaggerated, often intentionally broadly humorous or ridiculous style.

[Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm. Noun, sense 6, from obsolete slang hamfatter, a poor or amateurish actor, from the song "The Ham-Fat Man" (1863), considered typical of minstrel shows and their low standards of performance and depicting a stereotyped vision of slave life in the American South (including a slave who likes gravy made from ham fat). Noun, sense 7, short for ham operator, originally applied in the 1800s to telegraphers with poor skills, from HAM-FISTED and HAM-HANDED.]

单词	ham
释义	ham (hăm) n. 1. The thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especially a hog. 2. A cut of meat from the thigh of a hog, often cured by salting or smoking. 3. The back of the knee. 4. The back of the thigh. 5. hams The buttocks. 6. A performer who overacts or exaggerates. 7. A licensed amateur radio operator. v. hammed, ham·ming, hams v.intr. To exaggerate or overdo a dramatic role; overact. v.tr. To exaggerate or overdo (a dramatic role, for example). *Idiom:* *ham it up* To act or perform in an exaggerated, often intentionally broadly humorous or ridiculous style. [Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm. Noun, sense 6, from obsolete slang hamfatter, a poor or amateurish actor, from the song "The Ham-Fat Man" (1863), considered typical of minstrel shows and their low standards of performance and depicting a stereotyped vision of slave life in the American South (including a slave who likes gravy made from ham fat). Noun, sense 7, short for ham operator, originally applied in the 1800s to telegraphers with poor skills, from HAM-FISTED and HAM-HANDED.]
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