ham
/hæm; hæm/ n
1
(a) [C] upper part of a pig's leg, salted and dried or smoked for food 火腿
several hams hanging on hooks 挂在钩上的几只火腿.
(b) [U] meat from this 火腿肉: a slice of ham 一片火腿
[attrib 作定语]
a ham sandwich 火腿三明治. Cf 参看 bacon, gammon, pork.
2 [C] (esp of animals) back of the thigh; thigh and buttock （尤指动物）後腿, 股部和臀部.
3 [C] (sl 俚) person who acts or performs badly 拙劣的表演者
He's a terrible ham. 他的表演糟透了.
[attrib 作定语]
ham actors/acting 蹩脚的演员[演出].
4 [C] (infml 口) operator of an amateur radio station 业余无线电台的操作者
a radio ham 业余无线电台的收发报员. ham, v (-mm-) [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (it/sth) (up) (sl 俚) act in a deliberately artifical or exaggerated way; overact 以做作或夸张的方式作表演; 表演过火
Do stop hamming! 不要再做戏了吧!
The actors were really hamming it up to amuse the audience. 这些演员为博观众一粲, 表演得实在太过火了.