英汉词典

ham 基本解释

• n. 火腿；业余无线电爱好者；蹩脚演员
• vi. 表演过火
• vt. 演得过火
• adj. 过火的；做作的
• n. (Ham)人名；(英、瑞典、塞)哈姆；(老)罕；(柬)汉

ham 词态变化

ham 中文词源

来自古英语hamm,膝弯，膝盖骨，词源同hamstring,Hamburg.引申词义大腿，猪大腿肉，火腿。词义拙劣演员来自1880年美国滑稽歌舞剧The Ham-fat man,因其无聊过火的表演而得名。词义业余广播员来自amateur radio,出于自嘲的意味缩写成ham.

ham 英文词源

ham

ham: [OE] The etymological meaning of ham is ‘bend’ – it comes from Germanic *kham- ‘be crooked’ – and up until the 16th century it denoted exclusively the ‘part of the leg at the back of the knee’ (a portion of the anatomy now without a word of its own in English). Hamstring [16] reflects this original meaning. From the mid-16th century, it gradually extended semantically to ‘back of the thigh’ and hence ‘thigh’ generally, and by the 17th century it was being used for the ‘thigh of a slaughtered animal, especially a pig, preserved and used for food’. Ham in the sense ‘performer who overacts’, first recorded in the late 19th century, apparently comes from an earlier hamfatter ‘bad actor’, which may have been inspired by the Negro minstrel song ‘The Ham-fat Man’.

ham (n.1)

"thigh of a hog used for food" (especially salted and cured or smoke-dried), 1630s, extended from earlier sense " part of the human leg behind the knee; hock of a quadruped," from Old English hamm "hollow or bend of the knee," from Proto-Germanic *hamma- (cognates: Old Norse höm, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch hamme, Old High German hamma), from PIE *kone-mo- "shin bone" (cognates: Greek kneme "calf of the leg," Old Irish cnaim "bone"). Ham-fisted (adj.) in reference to hard-hitting characters is from 1905; ham-handed "coarse, clumsy" is by 1896. With hammen ifalden "with folded hams" was a Middle English way of saying "kneeling."

ham (n.2)

"overacting inferior performer," 1882, American English, apparently a shortening of hamfatter (1880) "actor of low grade," which is said (since at least 1889) to be from the old minstrel show song, "The Ham-fat Man" (attested by 1856). The song, a comical black-face number, has nothing to do with acting, but the connection might be with the quality of acting in minstrel shows, where the song was popular (compare the definition of hambone in the 1942 "American Thesaurus of Slang," "unconvincing blackface dialectician"). Its most popular aspect was the chorus and the performance of the line "Hoochee, kouchee, kouchee, says the ham fat man."

Ham also had a sports slang sense of "incompetent pugilist" (1888), perhaps from the notion in ham-fisted. The notion of "amateurish" led to the sense of "amateur radio operator" (1919).

ham (v.)

"over-act in performance," 1933, from ham (n.2). Related: Hammed; hamming. As an adjective in this sense by 1935.

ham 英文释义

1. meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

2. a licensed amateur radio operator

3. an unskilled actor who overacts

ham 双语例句

1. Vacuum-packed ham slices should be unwrapped 30 minutes before serving.

真空包装的火腿片应在食用前30分钟把包装除去。

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2. Giovanni has the best Parma ham for miles around.

方圆数英里内,乔瓦尼的帕尔马火腿最棒.

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3. I became a ham radio operator at the age of eleven.

我在11岁时成了一名业余无线电操作员。

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4. Keegan's team are now seven points clear of West Ham.

基冈率领的球队现在领先西汉姆联队7分。

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5. I was eating ham and Swiss cheese on rye.

我正吃夹火腿和瑞士干酪的黑麦面包。

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ham 实用场景例句

a ham actor

表演过火的演员

牛津词典

a radio ham

无线电通讯爱好者

牛津词典

a slice of ham

一片火腿

牛津词典

a ham sandwich

火腿三明治

牛津词典

The hams were cooked whole.

这些火腿是整条烹制的。

牛津词典

Thrusting themselves into the spirit of the farce, they ham it up like mad.

他们全力投入到这部闹剧中去，极尽搞怪之能事。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I became a ham radio operator at the age of eleven.

我在11岁时成了一名业余无线电操作员。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...ham sandwiches.

火腿三明治

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a huge baked ham.

巨大的烤火腿

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The former West Ham and Celtic star's current contract expires at the end of the season.

前西汉姆联队和凯尔特人队的球星现在的合同将在本赛季末到期.

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Add cooked eggs, 3 colors vegetables and ham slices.

加入炒好的鸡蛋, 和三色蔬菜以及火腿粒.

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The hungry boys polished off a plateful of ham and then asked for more.

那些饥肠碌碌的孩子们很快吃一盘子火腿,还想再要.

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The ham frizzled in the frying pan.

火腿在煎锅中咝咝作响.

《现代英汉综合大词典》

Serving Suggestion: Serve chilled own as an aperitif or with chicken, ham, salads, cheeses and fish.

饮用指南: 冰凉后饮用.可单独饮用或与鸡肉, 火腿, 色拉, 奶酪,与鱼类搭配皆佳.

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This dish contains ham.

这道菜里有火腿.

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To make a ham sandwich you put a slice of ham between two slices of bread.

把一片火腿夹在两片面包之间就做成了火腿三明治.

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Ham and eggs is a good breakfast.

火腿肠是一顿好早餐.

期刊摘选

West Ham have completed the signing of Jonathan Spector for an initial fee of ￡500, 000.

西汉姆联队以首期50万镑的费用签下了乔纳丹-斯佩克托.

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Your story is very funny, but there is no need to ham it up.

你的故事很能引人发笑, 不过不必过分渲染.

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I think West Ham will struggle, as will Wigan and Portsmouth, but Sunderland will survive.

我认为西汉姆会为保级挣扎, 同样的还有维根和朴茨茅斯, 但桑德兰会保级的.

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Why do two side meet ham of my private parts black?

为什么我下身大腿两侧会黑黑的?

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Tomato, ham, cheese, mushroom, olive and egg.

番茄, 火腿, 芝士, 蘑菇, 橄榄及鸡蛋.

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Please give me a slice of ham.

请给我一片火腿.

《简明英汉词典》

The cook will utilise the leftover ham bone to make soup.

厨师要用吃剩的猪腿骨做汤.

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a ham and mushroom pizza

火腿蘑菇比萨饼

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

The ham is delicious with avocado.

火腿鳄梨非常好吃。

柯林斯例句

Giovanni has the best Parma ham for miles around.

方圆数英里内,乔瓦尼的帕尔马火腿最棒.

柯林斯例句

Trim the fat off the ham.

把肥膘从火腿上切除。

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