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clam

clam · clams

молюск, двостулковий молюск

моллюск, двустворчатый моллюск

Muschel, Venusmuschel, Klaffmuschel

A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edibleA bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

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UK/klam/US/klæm/

» I'm as happy as a clam.

Ich bin überglücklich.

Значення

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A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
Muschel, Venusmuschel, Klaffmuschel
моллю́скmolljúsk, двуство́рчатый моллю́скdvustvórčatyj molljúsk
молю́скmoljúsk, двостулковий молю́скdvostulkovyj moljúsk
(історичне, у множині)A type of strong pincers or forceps.
A kind of vise, usually of wood.
(США, у множині, сленг)A dollar.
Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!
a piece of paper money worth one dollar
(зневажливе, сленг)A Scientologist.
(сленг, вульгарне)A vagina or vulva.
(сленг)A wrong or misplaced note.
(розмовне)One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
(США, застаріле, сленг)Mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
Clamminess; moisture

Приклади

речень: 21

I'm as happy as a clam.
deIch bin überglücklich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Are crabs and clams considered fish?
deGelten Krebse und Muscheln als Fische? — Yorwba
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I am as happy as a clam.
ruЯ счастлив, как ребёнок. — odexed
deIch bin überglücklich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom ate a bowl of clam chowder.
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I've never eaten clams.
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Переклади

мов: 9

Українська

За значеннями 1

mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel:

Русский

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mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel:

Deutsch

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mollusc — see also mollusc, oyster, mussel:

Походження

From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clam (“bond, fetter, g

From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clam (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“press, squeeze together”). The sense “dollar” may allude to wampum. The sense "Scientologist" alludes to the Scientologist belief that human thetans (souls) previously inhabited clams.

From Middle English clammen, clemen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English clǣman (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”).

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