ham

noun

/hæm/

[uncountable, countable] meat from the top part of a pig’s leg that has been cured (= preserved using salt or smoke)火腿；火腿肉
- a slice of ham一片火腿
- a ham sandwich火腿三明治
- a breakfast of ham and eggs火腿鸡蛋早餐
- cold ham and salad凉拌火腿色拉
- We had boiled ham on the bone for dinner.晚餐我们吃的是炖带骨火腿。
- The hams were cooked whole.这些火腿是整条烹制的。
compare bacon, gammon, porkTopics Fooda1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lean
- baked
- boiled
- …
… of ham
- piece
- slice
verb + ham
- eat
- have
- bake
- …
ham + noun
- roll
- salad
- sandwich
- …
[countable] a person who sends and receives radio messages as a hobby rather than as a job无线电通讯爱好者
- a radio ham无线电通讯爱好者
[countable] (informal) (often used as an adjective常用作形容词) an actor who performs badly, especially by exaggerating emotions拙劣演员（尤指表演过火者）
- a ham actor表演过火的演员
Topics Film and theatrec2
[countable, usually plural] (informal) the back part of a person’s leg above the knee（人的）大腿后部 see also hamstring

词源noun sense 1 and noun sense 4 Old English ham, hom (originally denoting the back of the knee), from a Germanic base meaning ‘be crooked’. In the late 15th cent. the term came to denote the back of the thigh, hence the thigh or hock of an animal. noun senses 2 to 3 late 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from the first syllable of amateur; compare with the US slang term hamfatter ‘inexpert performer’. Sense (2) dates from the early 20th cent.

ham

verb

/hæm/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they ham	/hæm/ /hæm/
he / she / it hams	/hæmz/ /hæmz/
past simple hammed	/hæmd/ /hæmd/
past participle hammed	/hæmd/ /hæmd/
-ing form hamming	/ˈhæmɪŋ/ /ˈhæmɪŋ/

Idioms

词源verb late 19th cent. (originally US): perhaps from the first syllable of amateur; compare with the US slang term hamfatter ‘inexpert performer’.

Idioms

ham it up

(informal) (especially of actors尤指演员) when people ham it up, they deliberately exaggerate their emotions or movements有意夸张表情（或动作）；表演过火