英语词组ham是什么意思，短语翻译、用法及例句-英语词组固定搭配大全

be under (one's) wing

To be protected, tutored, nurtured, or cared for by one. I was nervous starting an internship at my uncle's company, but it definitely made it easier being under his wing. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my sister and I were under our grandmother's wing for most of our lives.

HAM

rude slang An abbreviation for "hard as a motherfucker." Usually used as an intensifier. We lost because the other team went HAM from the opening face-off to the final buzzer—and we sure didn't.

ham-fisted

1. Uncoordinated or clumsy with one's hands. My mother does beautiful calligraphy, but I'm so ham-fisted that I can barely hold the pen. No, I'm too ham-fisted to repair that delicate figurine.

2. Inept in one's personal interactions. Tommy is so ham-fisted that he'll never be able to mediate this situation.

ham it up

To act in an exaggerated way, typically in order to be funny. Your daughter loves to ham it up for the camera—you might have a little actress on your hands!

ham up

To exaggerate a performance or act in an overstated or over-the-top manner, often to the level of being irksome or inappropriate. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ham" and "up." This is a serious play, so please don't ham up your part. My toddlers like to ham it up whenever we have company.

ham-handed

In a clumsy manner; lacking care and skill. The candidate's ham-handed attempts to woo voters just ended up annoying them. Sorry for all the typos—I'm too ham-handed to hit the right keys on this tiny keyboard.

ham something up

Fig. to make a performance seem silly by showing off or exaggerating one's part. (A show-off actor is known as a ham.) Come on, Bob. Don't ham it up! The play was going fine until Bob got out there and hammed up his part.

ham up

Exaggerate or overdo, especially with extravagant emotion, as in Hamming up the eulogy was disgraceful, especially since he didn't even know the deceased. It is also put as ham it up, meaning "overact," as in She loves to ham it up in front of the class. This idiom probably alludes to the hamfat (lard) used to remove stage makeup, mentioned in the minstrel song, "The Ham-Fat Man." From this hamfatter came to mean "an inexpert and flamboyant actor," and was in the late 1800s shortened to ham. The idiom here was first recorded in 1933.

ˌham it ˈup

(informal) (especially of actors) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements: When we realized we were being filmed, we all started behaving differently, hamming it up for the cameras.

A ham is an informal word for an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions.

ham

1. n. an actor; a bad actor. (see also hams.) What a ham! A real showoff.

2. n. an amateur radio operator. (A nickname.) My brother is a ham, and he helped a lot during the emergency.

ham-handed

mod. lacking dexterity; clumsy. If I wasn’t so ham-handed, I could probably fix the thing myself.

hams

1. n. legs; hips. Her great hams extended over the sides of the chair.

2. n. the hamstring muscles. (Bodybuilding.) Can you think of any exercises that would be good for my hams?

词组	ham
释义	ham Theme: ACTOR n. an actor; a bad actor. What a ham! A real show-off.The cast was an assemblage of hams. Theme: BROADCASTING n. an amateur radio operator. My brother is a ham, and he helped a lot during the emergency.The hams helped by providing communication to the outside world. ham Ⅰ 1. noun 1 an amateur shortwave radio operator and enthusiast US, 1919. 2 theatrical antics US, 1930. 3 in circus and carnival usage, food or a meal US, 1981. 4 any type of alcoholic drink US, 1997. 5 a member of the armed forces in complete dress uniform US, 1991. 6 overtime UK, 1970 2. verb 1 to over-act, to be an inferior actor US, 1930. 2 to walk US, 1962.► ham it upto behave theatrically, to exaggerate US, 1955 Ⅱ ⇨ ham actor; ham actress; ham noun an unsubtle actor US, 1881 Ⅲ ⇨ ham and egg; ham noun the leg. Rhyming slang UK, 1932 idiomhamham it upto behave or perform in a silly or funny way or with a lot of false emotion in order to get people's attention or entertain them:Bobby loves to ham it up every time we get the video camera out.Olivier can give a subtle performance, and he can ham it up outrageously - often he does both in the same film. phraseham[hammed, hammed, hamming] ham up ham it up informal to behave or perform in a silly or funny way or with a lot of false emotion, in order to get people's attention or entertain them: Karpow was in a good mood at a news conference last Tuesday, hamming it up and chatting easily with reporters.+ for On Christmas Eve night, he'll put on a Santa suit and ham it up for the kids. be under (one's) wing To be protected, tutored, nurtured, or cared for by one. I was nervous starting an internship at my uncle's company, but it definitely made it easier being under his wing. Our parents died when we were quite young, so my sister and I were under our grandmother's wing for most of our lives. HAM rude slang An abbreviation for "hard as a motherfucker." Usually used as an intensifier. We lost because the other team went HAM from the opening face-off to the final buzzer—and we sure didn't. ham-fisted 1. Uncoordinated or clumsy with one's hands. My mother does beautiful calligraphy, but I'm so ham-fisted that I can barely hold the pen. No, I'm too ham-fisted to repair that delicate figurine. 2. Inept in one's personal interactions. Tommy is so ham-fisted that he'll never be able to mediate this situation. ham it up To act in an exaggerated way, typically in order to be funny. Your daughter loves to ham it up for the camera—you might have a little actress on your hands! ham up To exaggerate a performance or act in an overstated or over-the-top manner, often to the level of being irksome or inappropriate. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ham" and "up." This is a serious play, so please don't ham up your part. My toddlers like to ham it up whenever we have company. ham-handed In a clumsy manner; lacking care and skill. The candidate's ham-handed attempts to woo voters just ended up annoying them. Sorry for all the typos—I'm too ham-handed to hit the right keys on this tiny keyboard. ham something up Fig. to make a performance seem silly by showing off or exaggerating one's part. (A show-off actor is known as a ham.) Come on, Bob. Don't ham it up! The play was going fine until Bob got out there and hammed up his part. ham up Exaggerate or overdo, especially with extravagant emotion, as in Hamming up the eulogy was disgraceful, especially since he didn't even know the deceased. It is also put as ham it up, meaning "overact," as in She loves to ham it up in front of the class. This idiom probably alludes to the hamfat (lard) used to remove stage makeup, mentioned in the minstrel song, "The Ham-Fat Man." From this hamfatter came to mean "an inexpert and flamboyant actor," and was in the late 1800s shortened to ham. The idiom here was first recorded in 1933. ˌham it ˈup (informal) (especially of actors) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements: When we realized we were being filmed, we all started behaving differently, hamming it up for the cameras. A ham is an informal word for an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions. ham 1. n. an actor; a bad actor. (see also hams.) What a ham! A real showoff. 2. n. an amateur radio operator. (A nickname.) My brother is a ham, and he helped a lot during the emergency. ham-handed mod. lacking dexterity; clumsy. If I wasn’t so ham-handed, I could probably fix the thing myself. hams 1. n. legs; hips. Her great hams extended over the sides of the chair. 2. n. the hamstring muscles. (Bodybuilding.) Can you think of any exercises that would be good for my hams?
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