| 单词 | ham |
| 释义 | ham ham1 /ham/, n. 1. a cut of meat from the heavy-muscled part of a hog's rear quarter, between hip and hock, usually cured. 2. that part of a hog's hind leg. 3. the part of the leg back of the knee. 4. Often, hams. the back of the thigh, or the thigh and the buttock together. [bef. 1000; ME hamme, OE hamm bend of the knee; c. MD, MLG hamme, OHG hamma; akin to ON hom buttock; perh. akin to Gk knéme shin, OIr cnáim bone] ham2 /ham/, n. , v. , hammed, hamming. n. 1. an actor or performer who overacts. 2. an operator of an amateur radio station. v.i. , v.t. 3. to act with exaggerated expression of emotion; overact. 4. ham it up, to overact; ham. [1880-85; short for hamfatter, after The Hamfat Man, a black minstrel song celebrating an awkward man] |
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