ham
n
1
(a) [C] upper part of a pig's leg, salted and dried or smoked for food 火腿
several hams hanging on hooks 挂在钩上的几只火腿.
(b) [U] meat from this 火腿肉: a slice of ham 一片火腿
[attrib 作定语]
a ham sandwich 火腿三明治. Cf 参看 bacon, gammon, pork.
2 [C] (esp of animals) back of the thigh; thigh and buttock (尤指动物)後腿, 股部和臀部.
3 [C] (sl 俚) person who acts or performs badly 拙劣的表演者
He's a terrible ham. 他的表演糟透了.
[attrib 作定语]
ham actors/acting 蹩脚的演员[演出].
4 [C] (infml 口) operator of an amateur radio station 业余无线电台的操作者
a radio ham 业余无线电台的收发报员. ham, v (-mm-) [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (it/sth) (up) (sl 俚) act in a deliberately artifical or exaggerated way; overact 以做作或夸张的方式作表演; 表演过火
Do stop hamming! 不要再做戏了吧!
The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience. 这些演员为博观众一粲, 表演得实在太过火了.
Please change the law a little so that we may save Antonio.
请您把法律稍为变更一下,使我们能够救出安东尼奥的生命。
The moment he reached the country, he started his search.
他一到达冈比亚,就开始探寻工作。
To examine your skills and abilities still further, ask yourself this question: in the following three areas - skills with people, skills with information or skills with things - which are your best skills? Note that it is not enough to say to yourself,