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

• Don't clam up just when the story is getting interesting.
  别到故事正有趣时就不讲了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The rest of the clam followed by moving quickly up and down and rapidly opening and closing its shell.
  蛤蚌留在沙子外面的身体部分接着开始上下移动，并且迅速的开合它的贝壳。
• 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！
• 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。
• After giving your price, clam up.
  给了你的价格之后，便要一言不发。
• He used to clam up if you tried to ask him about his childhood.
  以前如果你试图问他的童年，他会拒不开口的。