单词 | clam up |
释义 | clam upSEE SYNONYMS FOR clam up ON THESAURUS.COM verb(intr, adverb) informal to keep or become silent or withhold information Words nearby clam upclamp down on, clamper, clamp forceps, clamshell, clamshell door, clam up, clamworm, clan, Clancy, clandestine, clang Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with clam upclam up Refuse to talk or respond, as in Whenever she asks her teenager about his activities, he clams up. This term alludes to the tightly closed valves of a live clam. [Slang; early 1900s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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