ham

ham1
noun
  1. [mass noun]meat from the upper part of a pig's leg salted and dried or smoked
    火腿
    thin slices of ham.
    薄火腿片。
    [count noun]a honey-baked ham.
    蜜汁烤火腿。
  2. (hams)the back of the thigh or the thighs and buttocks
    后腿；股臀部
    he squatted down on his hams.
    他蹲了下来。
语源
  1. 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
ham2
noun
  1. [usu. as modifier]an excessively theatrical actor
    表演过火的演员，表演夸张做作的演员
    ham actors.
    表演过火的拙劣演员。
    ■[mass noun]excessively theatrical acting
    过火的表演，夸张做作的表演
  2. (亦作 radio ham)(informal)an amateur radio operator
    (非正式)业余无线电台操作人员
(hammed, hamming)
  1. [no obj.](informal)overact
    (非正式)过火地表演；表现得过分；过分卖力
    he was hamming it up, doing all the voices and the effects.
    他表现得过分卖力，一个人包办了所有的声音和效果。
语源
  1. 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
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