clam up

英 [klæm ʌp]

美 [klæm ʌp]

（常因害羞或避免说漏嘴）不再开口，闭口不言

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB (常因害羞或避免说漏嘴)不再开口，闭口不言
  If someoneclams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
  1. As soon as I told her my name, she clammed up.
     我告诉她我的名字后，她就什么也不说了。

英英释义

verb

• refuse to talk or stop talking
  1. The children shut up when their father approached
  Synonym:close updummy upshut upbelt upbutton upbe quietkeep mum

双语例句

• Normally chatty Mckinsey partners clam up when asked about the race.
  平时喋喋不休的麦肯锡合伙人在被问及这场赛马的时候三缄其口。
• Will you clam up! The boss is talking. If you won't keep quiet you can get out.
  请你保持安静！老板在说话。
• South Koreans do not understand what we say and ask us to repeat ourselves. Then we clam up and become shy.
  韩国人听不懂我们的话，让我们一再重复，于是我们变得很害羞，不爱开口。
• Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.
  别到故事正有趣时就不讲了。
• He'll get used to your methods, and then he'll clam up.
  他习惯你的手法之后会拒答。
• As soon as I told her my name, she clammed up.
  我告诉她我的名字后，她就什么也不说了。
• Men will always clam up when they feel pressured by a woman.
  男人在感受到女人的压力时总，是拒不开口的。
• Hey, clam up, will you? I've heard enough already about how hard you work!
  你别说了，行不行？我已经听够了你说自己工作多卖力的话了！
• You can't clam up.
  你不能沉默。
• The results showed that along with the increase of density of hard clam, values of sulfuret and COD enlarged, the consumption of dissolved oxygen speeded up, and the water quality deteriorated more ahead of time.
  结果表明：随文蛤密度加大，硫化物量值和COD量值产生幅度加大，溶解氧的消耗急剧增加，水质的恶化愈提前，这表明文蛤密度是水质恶化的原因之一。